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Bumped into Herman on a shell covered beach in the Maldives while he was out for a stroll. He told me had just moved into his new house, and had named it Michelle. (yes it's a bad pun sorry ;)
Fun fact: Hermit crabs kept together will fight or kill a competitor to gain access to the shell they like. And I thought the real estate market was tough here!
Happy weekend out there!
while exploring the rock pools at Bass Point Reserve we saw a lot of hermit crabs. The focus is a bit fuzzy, but I like this photo.
Hermit crabs are anomuran decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea that have adapted to occupy empty scavenged mollusc shells to protect their fragile exoskeletons. There are over 800 species of hermit crab, most of which possess an asymmetric abdomen concealed by a snug-fitting shell. Hermit crabs' non-calcified abdominal exoskeleton makes their exogenous shelter system obligatory. Hermit crabs must occupy shelter produced by other organisms, or risk being defenseless against nature and its occupants. The strong association between hermit crabs and their shelters has significantly influenced their biology. Almost 800 species carry mobile shelters (most often calcified snail shells); this protective mobility contributes to the diversity and multitude of crustaceans found in almost all marine environments. In most species, development involves metamorphosis from symmetric, free-swimming larvae to morphologically asymmetric, benthic-dwelling, shell-seeking crabs. Such physiological and behavioral extremes facilitate transition to a sheltered lifestyle, revealing the extensive evolutionary lengths that led to their superfamily success. 24455
Hermit crab on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Hermit crabs are spectacular creatures. They occupy empty scavenged mollusc shells to protect themselves. They can be found in the ocean and on the coast of such warm places as Caribbean, Florida, and Australia.
These guys were awesome to watch! I saw thousands of them (literally) today!
Seen in Burntcoat Head Provincial Park, along the beautiful Bay of Fundy, in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Quando ho delicatamente raccolto sulla mano questo piccolo granchio paguro, in Thailandia, mi sono accorto che aveva una conchiglia in testa che assomigliava ai copricapi usati nella regione, i famosi dǒu lì di bambù :)
Foto dal mio archivio
#hermit #hermitcrab #dǒulì #hat #shell #conchiglia #granchio #bamboo #bambù #thai #spiaggia #sand #beach #sabbia #asia
My grandchildren just got back from a trip to the beach. Tradition is to bring Grammie a jar full of shells. As we were going through the pile with them this was discovered. The photo is a focus stack of at least a dozen shots. I recently bought a focusing rail and the chore of taking multiple images is greatly simplified. The shell is about 20mm left to right.
Hello little one...
This is for my little niece thats about to take her first breath of air. She was due to be born 2 days ago but still doesn't wanna come out.... hehe
Cant wait to hold her :)
Most frequently, hermit crabs use the shells of sea snails (although the shells of bivalves and scaphopods and even hollow pieces of wood and stone are used by some species). The tip of the hermit crab's abdomen is adapted to clasp strongly onto the columella of the snail shell. Most hermit crabs are nocturnal.
As hermit crabs grow, they require larger shells. Since suitable intact gastropod shells are sometimes a limited resource, vigorous competition often occurs among hermit crabs for shells. The availability of empty shells at any given place depends on the relative abundance of gastropods and hermit crabs, matched for size. (Source:WIKI)
What looks like a group of snails is a group of hermit crabs inside some fresh snail (Callianax biplicata) shells (plus a couple other shells), partly above water at minus tide,
Estero Bluffs State Park,
San Luis Obispo Co., California
You may note the small dimensions of this lovely guy looking at the size of the coral sand grains.
Many thanks in advance to everyone who will pass by visiting my shots. Comments are appreciated. You are welcome. Sergio
Ghangehi Island, Ari North Atoll, Maldives
Panasonic Lumix FZ28 straight out of the camera
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Bryan bought two hermit crabs for me as an early birthday present. We haven't named either one of them and I don't think we will. We aren't sure which is male or female. We had just given them a bath when I took this photo. They were drying out a little on this towel before we put them back on their sand.
Mi hanno sempre fatto sorridere i granchi paguri... tutti diversi a seconda della conchiglia che trovano... sempre timidi, fanno un piacevole solletico quando si muovono sul palmo della mano... e non appena li rimetti delicatamente sulla sabbia, scappano a velocità pazzesca ma senza sapere bene dove andare... :)
Isola di Coin De Mire, Oceano Indiano
#coindemire #paguro #hermitcrab #granchio #mauritius #sabbia #sand #grains #shell #guscio #conchiglia
I've been offline for a few days due to work commitments but here is a photo and subject that absolutely fascinates me.
We noticed some very distinctive tracks in the sand outside our room and assumed that they were lizard tracks.
One night when we came back from dinner we noticed at least 30 shells in front of our room which turned out to be Hermit Crabs of varying sizes.
Who knows why they travel every night from the Indian Ocean to our room which is a distance of at least 200m, but there they were.
The tracks that we saw were made by them and every night they travelled to our door.
Fascinating.
This particular shot was taken further up the beach during daylight but this is very similar to what we saw every evening.
Paje Beach
Paje
Unguja
Zanzibar Archipelago
Tanzania
Hermy was out running around playing the other day so i took out the camera to see if I could get another shot of those eyes (I suspect this won't be the last we see of Hermy) and he locked eyes with me so I got this :) He as in a clear bin/container so I put my daughters drawings under him to spruce up the bokeh :) I hope you all have a great Labor day - do something fun :)