Marine Life of the Northeast Pacific (MLNEP) notes ⁵

Summary ⁶

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.

Fuentes y créditos

1. (c) Jurga Motiejūnaitė, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Jurga Motiejūnaitė
2. (c) Guillermo Debandi, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), subido por Guillermo Debandi
3. (c) CarlaCorazza, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por CarlaCorazza
4. (c) Nikolai Vladimirov, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Nikolai Vladimirov
5. (c) Shannon Schmunk, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA)
6. Adaptado por Shannon Schmunk del trabajo de (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paguroidea

Más información

• NaturaLista página del taxón
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Coastal crabs of NZ (NIWA)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• World Register of Marine Species

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