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Candy Striped Hermit Crab
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Candy Striped Hermit Crab
By : John DeMuth
The Candy Striped Hermit Crab!
Little bit about it
This hermit crab was recently discovered in the southern Caribbean island of Bonaire.
It's a species of small and brightly colored red-striped hermit crab.
This hermit crab was only discovered in 2017, therefore not much is known.
Hermit Crabs generally live 10 to 30 years in the wild.
Characteristics
These are small, brightly colored hermit crabs belonging to the family paguridae.
It has a quite unique right cheliped.
Due to it's colorful characteristics it's suggested that it engages in "cleaner" activities.
Characteristics & Diet
What it likes to eat.
Diet
Hermit crabs are generally omnivorous scavengers, eating microscopic mussels and clams, bits of dead animals, and macroalgae.
Due to the candy striped hermit crab being recently discovered it can only be assumed that it has the usual behavior of a hermit crab.
Habitat
Habitat, Territory
It has been observed that they like shallow waters and hide in crevices sometimes alongside other animals.
Where they are generally found
Territory
Currently they are found in the Caribbean, some other members that belong to the same species are found in the Atlantic near Japan.
Commercial value & Conservation efforts
Commercial values and conservation
No commercial values are known at the moment.
Not enough investigation and studies have been made for us to know if conservation efforts are or will be needed.
Works Cited
https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/11132/
https://insider.si.edu/2017/01/meet-candy-striped-hermit-crab-new-caribbean-species/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/facts/hermit-crabs