Different Crabs

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 7:42 pm

What are some different crabs, other then the ones we are familiar with? are they for sale? or rare?

HomieHermie999 · Post by **HomieHermie999** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 8:16 pm

Such as species of hermit crabs, or fiddler crabs that you can buy at stores?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 8:35 pm

exactly, just different kinds, i guess.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:35 pm

there are a varity of different marine crabs you can buy for your fish tank, dont think there is much past hermit crabs that you can have in a terrarium

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:38 pm

if you mean hermit crab species

PP's(common)
E's(somewhat common)
Rug's(semi rare)
Straw's(rare in certain parts)
Indo's(semi rare)
CC's(found only in australia)
Cav's(semi rare)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:42 pm

There are about 15 species of land hermit crabs if I remember right... 6 are available in the US, while the CC's are in Aus. as Metroballah stated.

I know two more species are in Japan and the neighboring islands (C.purpreus and C.violascens).

CSJ (http://www.crabstreetjournal.com) has some great articles on land hermit crabs and where they live/