HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Wow, that dark straw is stunning! I was wondering, you described the sunset violas as the "easters indonesian variant". Does this mean that zebra sunsets have their own population and aren't just a random color morph that happens from time to time? Zebra sunset (i.e. C.violascens with black/brown c...

Either way, beautiful crabs! I wonder if we will ever get these in the states like we got blueberries. Beautiful pics Mokulele_Hawai'i! Thank you very much, Crab Addict ... enjoy the pictures. By the way ... 2 weeks ago I supplied a company in Indonesia whose boss told me that the C.purpureus would...

May be any of these pictures will help: C.cavipes http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Le_Ciel_Tahitien/Coenobitidae/Coenobita%20cavipes%20270805/Coenobitacavipes_in_Hemiglyptopsisfoullioyi_7.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Le_Ciel_Tahitien/Coenobitidae/Coenobita%20cavipes%20270805/Coen...

if it is trauma related (and not something wrong with the production of his exoskeleton) he could correct it with his next molt, could he not? personally, i would isolate him, but its a matter of opinion. its a really fascinating case, i have never seen anything like it. if he changes shells for yo...

wow, i have never seen anything remotely like that. it looks like the result of some sort of trauma (likely a fight) because of how uneven the break is (it almost looks in places as though it has been chipped away. it makes me wonder how exactly it could happen, though, because the trauma doesn't s...

Exposed gills ... I don't know what had destroyed the aft right-hand section of this C.brevimanus ' shield or carapace. It could be due to a fight, but it seems that such condition does not bother this hermit crab. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Le_Ciel_Tahitien/Coenobitidae/Coenobitabrevima...

Some new citizens: Dardanus guttatus http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Le_Ciel_Tahitien/Marine%20Hermit%20Crabs/Dardanusguttatus_in_Cypraventriculus_1.jpg Dardanus lagopodes http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Le_Ciel_Tahitien/Marine%20Hermit%20Crabs/Dardanuslagopodes_in_Turbosparverius_2.jp...

Why you know they are Coenobita pseudorugosus?? Any reference evidence? I got Nakasone's PDF file from Mrs.Dwi Listyo Rahayu ( an Indonesian expert in marine hermit crabs - she has wrote at least 2 books- but not widely publicized ). I tried to match the claw & male sexual tube shape. Nakasone said...

Beautiful ! They could be from Pagurus genus...

You're welcome ... thanks for viewing !

Crooked & twisted legs ( C.purpureus ) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Le_Ciel_Tahitien/Coenobitidae/Coenobita%20purpureus%20270805/Blueberry_TwistedLeg_221011_1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Le_Ciel_Tahitien/Coenobitidae/Coenobita%20purpureus%20270805/Blueberry_TwistedLegs_22101...

@ All : thank you for the appreciation ! More pictures to share from the last batch: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Le_Ciel_Tahitien/Coenobitapseudorugosus_BPCloseUp_9.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Le_Ciel_Tahitien/Coenobitidae/Coenobita%20pseudorugosus/Coenobitapseudorugosus_Cl...

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Some more pictures: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Le_Ciel_Tahitien/Coenobitidae/Coenobita%20pseudorugosus/Cpseudorugosus_Tonnaperdix_8.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Le_Ciel_Tahitien/Coenobitidae/Coenobita%20pseudorugosus/Cpseudorugosus_Volemamyristica_1.jpg http://img.photobuck...

Thank you friends ... for the appreciation.
Unfortunately I still don't know where to get them in large population.