saw amazing mhc at aquarium, what kind?
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saw amazing mhc at aquarium, what kind?
when we were at the denver aquarium, they had a marine hermie in one tank as a tank cleaner. the crab was amazing, it was jet-black with florescent neon blue stripes all over its legs and its antennae were bright orange does somebody who knows about marine crabs know what kind this was? he was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what limeslide suggested is the common Clibanarus Tricolor. is this the crab?:
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but to me, it sounds almost exactly like Calcinus elegans...here's a great site with pics of all the species, isn't english but the pics are so useful:
http://www.recif.be/article/hermit.htm
Caroline
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but to me, it sounds almost exactly like Calcinus elegans...here's a great site with pics of all the species, isn't english but the pics are so useful:
http://www.recif.be/article/hermit.htm
Caroline
26 LHC: 6 PPs, 5 Es, 1 Straw, 6 Ruggies, 2 Indos, 1 Blueberry, 4 Violas, 1 Aussie
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>Quebecer here< lol
It would take a while to translate, but it might be easier if you're interested to go to: babelfish.altavista.com , then paste the website address in the box under "translate a webpage". Select the language, then search. It's not perfect, but still readable!
~Ryan
It would take a while to translate, but it might be easier if you're interested to go to: babelfish.altavista.com , then paste the website address in the box under "translate a webpage". Select the language, then search. It's not perfect, but still readable!
~Ryan
1 E, 1 PP, our dog Lekima, and our cat Ruby!
~Hermit Crabbing since December 2005~
~Fiddler Crabbing since August 2006~
~Hermit Crabbing since December 2005~
~Fiddler Crabbing since August 2006~
you don't hold them at all, really, theyre really there to observe and look at. in a single week of observing marine hermits you can experience more than several months with LHC-the MHC are active pretty much all the time and molt right in front of you, with no digging down. the only times i've touched mine is to move one from being stuck between live rock and the wall.gab33 wrote:truthfully as much as i love hermit crabs i would never hold a marine hermit crab. i don't why they just give me the creeps.
Caroline
26 LHC: 6 PPs, 5 Es, 1 Straw, 6 Ruggies, 2 Indos, 1 Blueberry, 4 Violas, 1 Aussie
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There is indeed a reason that their shells seem like ones our land hermits would never in a million years wear. The fact that they live in water means that the water supports the weight of the shell, so they can lug around something much heavier than their own tiny bodies. they also seem to have different shaped abdomens, more narrow to accomadate the types of shells available.Grammarcia wrote:Caroline
Thanks, the pictures were gorgeous or ugly, depending how you feel about MHC, although, personally, I'm more on the side that they are beautiful and so unusual. I do have a question though. It seems like all the crabs are in shells way too big for them. Is there a reason for it?
Caroline
26 LHC: 6 PPs, 5 Es, 1 Straw, 6 Ruggies, 2 Indos, 1 Blueberry, 4 Violas, 1 Aussie