It is sometimes referred to as the common hermit crab or soldier crab.

Common Hermit Crab, Pagurus bernhardus, in a whelk shell.

P. samuelis is the commonest hermit crab in the higher tide pools in California, being ten times more abundant than P. granosimanus.

Is is commonly found in tide pools with sand or rock, and under rocks, logs, and seaweed, and is the common hermit crab of San Francisco Bay.

Pagurus samuelis, the blueband hermit crab, is a species of hermit crab from the west coast of North America, and the most common hermit crab in California.

They live in large groups and are therefore commonly called soldier crabs.

It is sometimes referred to as the common hermit crab or soldier crab.

The case of the hermit or soldier crab was more conclusive, being the result of conscious choice.

Soldier crab is a term used in different parts of the world for different crustaceans:

He has also shown that the billiard balls in billiard-ball computers may be replaced by soldier crabs.

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The species is also known to prey on the soldier crab Mictyris longicarpus by drilling predation.

During my stay, I got to see plenty of unusual bugs, beautiful birds, lizards, butterflies, soldier crabs, fruit bats, vultures and dolphins.

In Moreton Bay, an important prey species is the soldier crab (Mictyris longicarpus).

Soldier crab (disambiguation)

It is so tiny that it can live inside an empty clam shell whence it emerges to seize minute soldier crabs.

To catch soldier crabs, C. sordidum uses the same stereotyped behaviour as previously described for moon snails hunting shelled molluscan prey.

The soldier crabs are also attacked by the ghost crab Ocypode ceratophthalmus and the moon snail Conuber sordidum.

Logic gates based on billiard-ball computer designs have also been made to operate using live soldier crabs of the species Mictyris guinotae in place of the billiard balls.

Mictyris guinotae is a species of soldier crab of genus Mictyris, endemic to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.

The hermit crab - also known as the soldier crab or the land crab - is native not to the Jersey Shore, but to the beaches of the Florida Keys and the Caribbean islands.

One minute you are discussing Haitian painting with Frank Costyn, who sells high-quality contemporary Caribbean art, the next it's how to use soldier crabs as bait with Russell Richardson, a taxi driver.

Golden lined whiting respond to bait which resembles their normal prey and are taken on yabbies, crabs, soldier crabs, mussels of many different sorts, worms and prawn, in particular jelly prawn.

In 2010, a tribute volume of crustacean research papers was dedicated to her, and the Japanese soldier crab species Mictyris guinotae (newly distinguished from the previously identified species Mictyris brevidactylus) was named after her.

Common Hermit Crab, Pagurus bernhardus, in a whelk shell.

The crab Pagurus bernhardus was the most likely scavenger to consume O. ophiura in baited traps.

Also present are likely to be the crabs Cancer pagurus, Necora puber and Liocarcinus spp., and the hermit crab, Pagurus bernhardus.

The barnacle Balanus balanus and the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus can often be seen in the vicinity and the squat lobster Munida rugosa may be hiding in crevices nearby.

Scattered colonies of Alcyonium digitatum may be nearby along with the hydroid Bougainvillia ramosa, the barnacle Balanus balanus, the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus and the squat lobster Munida rugosa.

Crustaceans are thought to be more hardy, though survival of crustaceans is variable; for instance, a survival rate of 25% is assumed for Nephrops norvegicus, the Norway Lobster, whilst survival rates of almost 100% have been demonstrated for the hermit crab, Pagurus bernhardus.