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Q: How do you know if a hermit crab is land or marine?
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Can a hermit crab live with fish?

They cannot live with a land hermit crab because land hermit crabs live out of water so the fish would die (as you know) if it is out of water.


How do you know which hermit crab will not live out of the ocean?

The land hermit crab has a big claw and a small claw. The ocean hermit crab's claw's are the same size.


What are the different types of hermit crabs?

Here is a page with descriptions and pictures of a few different species of land hermit crabs. http://www.hermit-crabs.com/species.html The most common land hermit crabs: Coenobita cavipes Coenobita clypeatus, Caribbean hermit crab (this is the most common) Coenobita compressus, Ecuadorian hermit crab Coenobita Rugosus Rug land hermit crab Coenobita perlatus, strawberry land hermit crab Coenobita variabilis, Australian land hermit crab Coenobita Brevimanus Indo land hermit crab Here are some marine hermit crabs http://www.public.coe.edu/departments/Biology/hermit.html Other Crabs: Birgus latro, coconut crab Ciliopagurus strigatus, Halloween hermit crab Clibanarius tricolor, Blue legged hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus Pagurus pollicaris, flat-clawed hermit crab


When was Australian land hermit crab created?

Australian land hermit crab was created in 1909.


What if you bought a hermit crab and it was on sand is it land or sea hermit crab?

Most likely a land hermit crab, but you should always check with the person that sold it to you.


What is the habitat of a hermit crab?

For land hermit crabs: Tropical or sub-tropical beaches/jungles. For marine hermit crabs: Oceas, seas, tidepools, beaches of all latitudes.


Do saltwater hermit crabs have an exoskeleton?

Absolutely. Marine hermit crabs (saltwater hermit crabs) also, like the land hermit crab, have a soft abdomen that is not protected by a hard exoskeleton, so they scavenge shells from snails as they grow to wear for protection. The marine hermit crab will also shed it's exoskeleton as it grows. This is a very fast process, taking only a few hours to a day compared to the molting process of the land hermit crab, which can take several days to a few months.


Can a hermit crab be a sea crab and a land crab?

yes.


How can you tell the difference between a land and a marine hermit crab?

You can tell a land hermit crab from a water hermit crab by looking at the claws/arms or legs. If it is a water crab it will be blueish and if land crab it will be pinkish purpleish. If your crab is a water crab don't just throw it in water and leave it there, put a tiny bowl in it's tank or cage that is low to the ground and make sure that the water level is a bit lower than the hermit crabs top of its legs. Also have a wet sponge for each kind of hermit crab in the crabs tank.


Do you fill a hermit crab tank with water?

no because they could be land hermit crab and die


How do you tell if your hermit crab is a land or sea hermit crab?

If your crab is has bin living land for any period of time, it's a land crab.If your crab is has bin living in the sea for any period of time, it's a sea crab.(:


How do you know if your land hermit crab is pregnant?

Hermit crabs have never reproduced in captivity. If yours do, call the news. You're famous.