the hermit crab will either eat or use an empty snail shell that would then be abandoned. all thx to mrs. perrins enviormental science class :)
Answer - Commensalistic .
Hermit crabs and snails both have shells affixed to their bodies, which protect their soft bodies from damage from the elements and predators. These are necessary, since they are slow, and rarely can outrun a predator. Both animals can tuck their bodies inside the shell to further protect themselves
Almost none. Hermit crabs are mollusks and snails are gastropods. Totally different creatures. But hermit crabs use the discarded shells of snails to cover their soft abdomens. One snail's trash is a hermit crab's treasure. :-)
They live together because the hermit crab would not have a shell if the snails weren't there.
The snail dies, it's shell washes up on the shore and the hermies move into them. Hermies do nothing for snails
Hermit crabs take up residence in abandoned shells. Snails abandon their shells when they get too big to fit into them.
Hermit crabs use sea snails shells for their "home". The snails die and their shells wash up on the shore and hermit crabs use them. So hermit crabs depend on sea snails.
the answer to this question is commensalism hope this helped you have a splendid day!
yes
Commenselism
Answer: Usually a sea snail's.
Snails, crabs, turtles, armadillos, tortoises, and lobsters all live in or have a shell.
They are like feelers on snails
No
What I know of that is hermit crabs will eat snails. However, hermit crabs will often use an empty shell of a sea snail.
not pet hermit crabs... they are too weak and fragile to keep the hermit crab save although wild hermit crabs might use them the would be sea snails which have harder shells
Snails Hermit crabs,
depends on what kind of crab. hermit crabs are herbivores. fiddlers might though....
lobsters, hermit crabs, snails, most insects
I'm not sure what you mean by this question. Hermit Crab is a term used to refer to many different species of crabs that live in shells that have been cast off by snails. They can be marine hermit crabs, or land hermit crabs. Within these categories there are many different species. The Genus Coenobita contains 16 different species of terrestrial (land) hermit crabs. The Genus Paguras refers to those species of marine hermit crabs.
starfish mostly,, there are also hermit crabs, snails, etc..
Though it is impossible in captivity, wild land hermit crabs have babies. The female lays eggs in the ocean that hatch into small zoea that live in the tide for several weeks until they emerge on shore and find their first shell.