Importance of Seashells in Coastal Ecosystems
Seashells play a vital role in maintaining the health and stability of coastal ecosystems. They provide critical shelter for marine life, including hermit crabs, small fish, and various microorganisms. Seashells also contribute to beach stability by helping to prevent erosion and maintaining the natural balance of sand movement. Additionally, broken-down shells add essential minerals like calcium carbonate to the environment, enriching the habitat for other marine organisms and promoting biodiversity.
You can be a Hermit Crab Housing Hero by supporting one of these shell replenishment projects for wild hermit crabs.
Make the Switch 4 Nature – Shawn Miller
#MTS4N Hermit Crab Conservation Project. Okinawa, Japan
Support MTS4N on Patreon to donate shells or funds to his shell replenishment project in Okinawa.
Crustacean Plantation – Angela Sayre
A nonprofit dedicated to the conservation of the wild Hermit Crabs of the Florida Keys.
Support Crustacean Plantation or donate shells to their shell replenishment project in Florida.
Mother of Crabs Taiwan
Huang Shu Huang, an employee of the Kenting Youth Activity Center, and also a hermit crab advocate and provider of shells in Taiwan.
“Huang Shuhuang, who works at the Kenting Youth Activity Center, is running around to promote the establishment of a happy paradise for hermit crabs, and leads tourists to practice conservation work. She hopes that every hermit crab in the future will be wearing a beautiful shell. Huang Shuhuang wants everyone to Be aware that human beings and all things are interdependent and that each other is a community of life. Even a small hermit crab has the same right to survive as we do.”
Support Mother of Crabs by donating shells to their shell replenishment project in Taiwan:
Ms. Shu-Huang Huang
No. 17, Kenting Road,
Hengchun Township, Pingtung County, 946, Taiwan
