Yellow Hermit Crab
Anapagurus laevis
- Group: Crab
- For divers: safe
A small hermit crab of coastal detritic bottoms, it occupies an empty snail shell and carries it from place to place over silt between about 50 and 100 metres. It lives free among the loose sediment rather than tied to any one spot.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Paguridae › Anapagurus
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 107218.
FAQ
- Is the Yellow Hermit Crab dangerous to divers?
- The Yellow Hermit Crab is harmless to divers.