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How do you tell male or female with their claws if they are a purple pincher hermit crab species?
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∙ 12y ago
You cannot tell the gender from their claws or color. You must look for the presence of "gonopores" at the base of the last pair of walking legs. Gonopores will be on the female crab they look like two small dots. Look up "hermit crab gonopores" for a photo reference.
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What species of hermit crab is the most popular?
If you go to buy hermit crabs at a store, you're most likely getting purple pincher crabs (also called Caribbean Crabs)
What hermit crab kind is the best?
purple pincher hermit crabs, you can tell this crab apart from other because they have a purple pincher. these need fresh water so the water we drink is the water they need to drink all other type of hermit crabs need salt water
What are 5 species of hermit crabs?
There are several species of Land Hermit Crabs and hundreds of species of Marine Hermit Crabs. As requested, here are 5 species of Land Hermit Crabs. Coenobita Clypeatus (Purple Pincher) coenobita Compressus (Ecuadorian) Coenobita Rugosus (Rug) Coenobita Perlatus (Stawberry) Coenobita Violensus (Viola) Coenotiba Bervimanus (Indo) - a bonus one!
Why is my hermit crab's eyes white?
Your hermit crab is pink because it just molted. hermit crabs are vertibrates which means they need to molt to grow. hermit crabs burrow underground to molt and stay their for a week to months.
Is it not good for hermit crabs pinchers to be purple?
No, it's fine. You just must have purple pincher hermit crabs (also called Caribbean crabs). I have 3 hermit crabs, all purple pinchers. Their claws are red with purple in the center and their legs have a purple-ish & red-ish hue. No worries, that's just the type of crabs they are. Purple pincher crabs are the most common to buy in pets stores.
Why are hermit crab's big pincher purple?
Because when they pee thrugh their antanas they get it on their selfs and get infected
What is the best species of hermit crab is best for a pet?
Coenobita clypeatus, or the purple pincher, PP, Caribbean species is the easiest to keep because it seems to be generally the hardiest species. Strawberries, or perlatus, are the most fragile and the hardest to keep successfully.
What kind of crabs could you find at PetSmart?
Normally the hermit crab is the only one kept as a pet.
Types of crabs?
There are aquatic and land hermit crabs. Some land hermies are the Purple Pincher (PP & the most common) and the strawberry hermit crab.
If a hermit crab has a purple claw does that mean it is a girl?
No, but this means you have a Purple Pincher Hermmie. I have one too, his name is Taco<3. But, anyways, to tell if you're Hermmie is a boy or girl you will have to look closely when it is out of it's shell a bit. There will be a hole at the base of its back set of legs ( not sure what side.. ) If it were to be a female. If it doesn't have these holes you are an owner of a Purple Pincher Male Hermit Crab! Hope this helps.?
What is the hermit crabs latin name?
The scientific name for a crab is Pediculus pubis.
What does it mean if your hermit crab has 1 purple claw?
well i just got a hermt crab and it said on the sheet to let him bath in water so i did butt then all of a sudden his big claw turned purple dose any one know what you think might have happened
