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Strawberry Hermit Crab Video Stock Footage

Adults may grow to an average length of 80 mm (3.1 in) and a mass of 80 g (2.8 oz), and inhabit discarded gastropod shells. They are coloured red or orange this has led to the species' common name of strawberry hermit crab. C. perlatus and the other members of Coenobita should not be considered easy pets, as the conditions they need in the wild are difficult and expensive to set up in captivity. C. perlatus is an efficient scavenger, to the extent that the low numbers of carrion-breeding flies on many islands have been attributed to the presence of C. perlatus. It has also been observed to use its claws to pinch the live flesh from the invasive land snail Achatina fulica. Learn more about Strawberry Hermit Crab


View related species in family group: Hermit Crab

Animalia: Arthropoda: Decapoda: Malacostraca: Coenobitidae: Coenobita perlatus

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