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C. tricolor is a popular aquarium hermit crab because of its coloration and because its feeding habits lead it to clean tanks. It is emblematic of the public's shift from purely decorative animals to "working" animals that help sustain the aquarium's ecosystem, reducing the need for active management by the owner.
Geosesarma is genus of small freshwater or terrestrial crabs, typically less than 10 mm (0.4 in) across the carapace. [2] They live and reproduce on land with the larval stages inside the egg.
Cave crab, Borneo. Parathelphusinae is a subfamily of freshwater crabs, which was formerly placed in the family Parathelphusidae; they are mainly found in South and Southeast Asia, but also found elsewhere in Asia and in Australia. The family is now considered as a junior synonym of the family Gecarcinucidae. [1]
Calliactis tricolor may adhere to a rock but is usually found attached to the hard surface of a living animal. This can be the carapace of a crab, [5] a hermit crab occupying an empty gastropod shell, a clam [3] or other living mollusc such as the tulip shell (Fasciolaria tulipa) or the Caribbean crown conch (Melongena melongena). [6]
Clibanarius is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Diogenidae.Like other hermit crabs, their abdomen is soft-shelled and sheltered in a gastropod shell.Typically marine like all their relatives, the genus includes C. fonticola, the only known hermit crab species that spends all its life in freshwater.
The discovery of a new orangutan population in Sarawek, Malaysian Borneo was cause for excitement among conservationists. Led by the Sarawak Forest Department, researchers conducted field surveys ...
Ciliopagurus tricolor is a species of hermit crab native to Madagascar. [1] It is one of four species in the " strigatus complex ", having morphological similarities to C. strigatus , with the most prominent variance being coloration.
Geosesarma malayanum is a species of small red crab found in Malaysia. [1] It is famous for its relationship with pitcher plants; as such, it is classified as a nepenthephile. [2] G. malayanum is known to visit Nepenthes ampullaria plants and raid the pitchers of their contents. [1] It uses its claws to crush and consume the drowned prey.