Hermit Crabs

Clibanarius merguiensis

• Group: Other
• For divers: safe

A common hermit crab of the intertidal, it borrows empty snail shells and ranges across seagrass beds, rocky shores and reef flats. It also turns up on coral rubble and the sandy mud near mangroves, tucking its soft body into whatever shell fits.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Diogenidae › Clibanarius

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 208686.