Invertebrateverified

Clibanarius tricolor

(Gibbes, 1850)

Blue-Legged Hermit Crab

Also known as: Three-Colored Hermit Crab, Tricolor Hermit, Tricolor Hermit Crab, Blue Leg Hermit Crab, Blueleg Reef Hermit Crab, Dwarf Blue Leg Hermit Crab

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Taxonomy

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Diogenidae

Other species in Diogenidae

Clibanarius antillensis

Antillean Hermit Crab

Dardanus calidus

Great Red Hermit Crab

Diogenes pugilator

Roux's Hermit Crab

Calcinus tubularis

Hermit Crab

Paguristes tortugae

Bandeye Hermit

Paguristes sericeus

Blue-Eye Hermit

Petrochirus diogenes

Giant Hermit

Paguristes eremita