Crabs

Hermit crabs are invertebrates. They are arthropods and thus within the same phylum as insects, but they are crustaceans and NOT insects.

Hermit Crab Classification:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Subphylum: Crustacea

Class: Malacostraca

Order:Decapoda

Superfamiliy: Paguroidea

If by "air" you mean Oxygen, yes. All animals (except for that crazy jellyfish they found) needs oxygen to survive. A hermit crab's gills will filter the oxygen (or "air") out of the water.

Even land hermit crabs have modified gills that need to stay moist in order to perforn the same task. If their gills dry up, they suffocate.

If your hermie has lost a leg than that mean that it was either stressed because they aren't enough food or water, or they are stressed because the temp or humidity in the tank is not high enough (this is usally why). the humidity should be between 70 and 80%. the temp also between 70 and 80F.

Hermit crabs are nocturnal, so they crawl around the most at night. But you can catch them moving also at afternoon or dawn. If you want him/her to start moving, try placing food that has strong smell at afternoon.

actually im pretty sure by what ive seen about 3 to 4 inches

Crabs.

When crabs are threatened and stressed to a certain point in the wild, in their natural habitat, they eject their claws and legs. The freezing conditions replicate an environment so stressful for the crab, it does the same under those circumstances.

Yes they can, hermit crabs are scavengers and in the wild will climb trees to eat bugs, dead fish on the shore, and fruits like mangos that have fallen off trees. in captivity hermit crabs can eat fruits, veggies, and sea food like shrimp

They are as big as 13 feet,and they weigh 44 pounds.

Horseshoe crab blood is blue because it has copper in it instead of iron like human blood. Our blood is blue inside and turns red when it hits air. Horseshoe crab blood is red inside and turns blue when it hits air. It's the other way around.

Hermit crabs as you might know are very social animals, in the wild they travel in "packs" with hundreds to them. They have very bad eyesight and use chirping noises to communicate with each other. When alone they might think that they are lost and become depressed. This can cause them to stop eating and die. Because hermit crabs are so cheap, you need at least 2-3 as I do.

Good Luck!

Just skip the suffering and kill them first!

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Yes they do. With larger hermit crabs it is a lower louder noise and with smaller ones it is a higher pitched quieter noise. Usually they do it when they are mad or agitated. Sometimes they just do it for no reason. We have no idea how they make the noise ( just as a bonus fact )

Crab dip should not be kept unrefrigerated for more than four hours. It can last two to three days in the refrigerator.

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<P>A crab is categorized as an "Arthropod". Species in this grouping of animals also include insects, spiders, scorpions, lobsters, millipedes, and even more.

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<P>They are known for things such as:

<P>-Having an exoskeleton, meaning their skeleton is on the outside

<P>-Being invertebrates, meaning they lack backbones</P>

There many species of this small crab, living in colonies on mudflats and tidal beaches and marshes. So called fiddler crab because the males have on claw greatly exagerrated in size, resembling a violin player holding his violin up.

There are some species that do but most live in the sea but some live in freshwater too.

No, the correct name is Sea Star. All fish are Vertebrate chordates. Sea Stars do not have a hollow notochord (chordate). Sea Stars belong to the Phylum Echinoderm (spiny skin). Other members of this Phylum are the sand dollars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers.

It depends upon the size of the hermit crab. You can fit 5-7 small crabs in a 10 gallon tank but only 1 or 2 large crabs. The more room you leave for your crabs the happier and healthier they will be.

be careful not to overcrowd your tank, cos the hermits can get stressed, and may leave their shell or crawl into a corner and sulk :) But probably two or three would be enough room

A crawfish molts because it grows too big for its outer shell. Before molting they grow another exoskeleton underneath the old one then release an enzyme to get rid of the old one. After shedding their old exoskeleton they usually hide until their new one is hard enough to protect them.

There are multiple places in California where you can eat dungeness crab. In the Bay Area there are at least three different restaurants that serve this crab dish.

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