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This purple hermit crab is using a soup can as a shell because there were no large snail shells left in the area, probably due to collection for the souvenir market. C. brevimanus larvae are brooded inside the female's shell, then laid in seawater.
The giant hermit crab [1] (Petrochirus diogenes) is a species of marine hermit crab. This species lives in the Caribbean Sea, and often inhabits conch shells. [2] This species of hermit crab is large enough that it can inhabit a fully grown shell of the queen conch. It will attack and eat a conch, thus obtaining a meal and a shell. [3]
Hermit crabs fighting over a shell A hermit crab retracted into a shell of Acanthina punctulata and using its claws to block the entrance. As hermit crabs grow, they require larger shells. Since suitable intact gastropod shells are sometimes a limited resource, competition often occurs between hermit crabs for shells. The availability of empty ...
The empty shells of the queen conch (Aliger gigas) are often used by this hermit crab, [3] and shells of the Florida horse conch (Triplofusus papillosus), the largest gastropod mollusc in the northern Gulf of Mexico, are favoured by larger individuals, as are the large snails on which this mollusc preys. [2]
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One of the most important limited resources to hermit crabs is their shell, which is key to their survival and reproductive success. Finding an appropriately sized shell is valuable for P. longicarpus. From an energetic standpoint, if a shell is too large, crabs will extend unnecessary energy carrying and maneuvering it.