tie land and around tropical islands ,they live in colonies of 100's of strawberry hermit crabs they are very play full and great for pets.
The actual weight for a strawberry hermit crab if you are holding 1 in your hand in it is about 3 or 4 ounces. The shipping weight for a strawberry hermit crab is 1 pound.
A Hermit crab can live up to 100 years of age
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.
The land hermit crab has a big claw and a small claw. The ocean hermit crab's claw's are the same size.
three dollars if you want a hermit crab without a cage, and 33 dollars if you want a hermit crab with a cage.
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They livde to gether because the shell is a home for the hermit crab!
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
Typically its about to molt or in the process of shedding it's outer shell, molting.
No, they live together in large groups of even hundreds searching for food.
Hermit crab species can be found in shallow waters and tidal swamps around much of the world.