Water Ponds

The Importance of Water Land hermit crabs require both fresh and saline water ponds or pools to drink from. It is recommended that you add a water conditioner such as Seachem Prime which will remove chlorine, chloramines and heavy metals as well as ammonia from their fresh water. You will also need to make up…

Species

AUSTRALIAN LAND HERMIT CRABS   There are only two species of land hermit crabs in Australia: Coenobita variabilis and Coenobita perlatus. Coenobita variabilis   Coenobita perlatus   THE REST OF THE WORLD There are so many land hermit crab species around the world. The most comprehensive resource is Coenobita Species run by Stacy Griffith.  …

Hermit Crab Researchers

A Abrahams, Peter – University of Toronto. RESEARCH TITLE: Community Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology and Theory Abrams, Peter , J. P. 1993 Desportes Review of Assessments and Decisions: A Study of Information Gathering by Hermit Crabs, by R. W. Animal Behaviour Vol. 46, No. 3, September 1993 http://www.idealibrary.com/links/doi/10.1006/anbe.1993.1235 B Barnes, D. K. Barnes DK. Resource availability: Ancient…

Hermit Crab Biology

Land Hermit Crabs have adapted to live on land and can drown if submerged in water. The abdomen of a hermit crab is very soft and vulnerable; unlike ‘true’ crabs, hermit crabs do not have a hard shell to protect themselves. To survive, they must tuck their abdomens within the abandoned shell of a marine…