Hermit crab C. clypeatus mating video and egg fertilization photos
2018-07-26
(Click the link to view the video and photos)Stacy’s hermit crabs are mating again!Read More →
Hermit Crab Carrying Eggs (gravid) – Coenobita species
2015-03-15
grav·id: ˈɡravid/ adjective 1. pregnant; carrying eggs or young. Land hermit crabs carry their brood inside of the shell until they are ready to be released into the ocean. We are building image galleries of specific body parts. If you have high resolution, clear photos that you would like to donate to this project please upload your photos to Dropbox here: https://www.dropbox.com/request/ajUgzmoG7co86iH2X0fh Overview of the anatomy of a land hermit crab (Coenobita)Read More →
What is the life-cycle of a land Hermit Crab?
2013-02-21
written by Vanessa Pike- Russell 2000, updated by Stacy Griffith The life cycle of the land hermit crab is unique. It starts by the release of eggs into an ocean tide pool, where the zoea go through a series of moults and developmental stages. A baby hermit crab zoea will be a part of plankton until it grows and starts to resemble hermit crab form. Once they have developed to maturity, hermit crabs leave their watery home, making the long journey to land to find a shell for the protection of the soft abdomen. Once ashore, land hermit crabs go through a metamorphosis, developing modifiedRead More →
