Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: hermit crab

Photo: A hairy hermit crab (Pagurus hirsutiusculus) from San Francisco Bay. Photographed at the East Bay Regional Parks Mobile Education Program.

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A hairy hermit crab (Pagurus hirsutiusculus) from San Francisco Bay. Photographed at the East Bay Regional Parks Mobile Education Program.

Photo: A hairy hermit crab (Pagurus hirsutiusculus) from San Francisco Bay. Photographed at the East Bay Regional Parks Mobile Education Program.

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A hairy hermit crab (Pagurus hirsutiusculus) from San Francisco Bay. Photographed at the East Bay Regional Parks Mobile Education Program.

Photo: A group of blue-legged hermit crabs (Clibanarius tricolor) at the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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A group of blue-legged hermit crabs (Clibanarius tricolor) at the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Photo: A group of blue-legged hermit crabs (Clibanarius tricolor) at the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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A group of blue-legged hermit crabs (Clibanarius tricolor) at the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Photo: A hairy hermit crab (Pagurus hirsutiusculus) at the John Ball Zoo.

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A hairy hermit crab (Pagurus hirsutiusculus) at the John Ball Zoo.

Photo: A hairy hermit crab (Pagurus hirsutiusculus) at the John Ball Zoo.

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A hairy hermit crab (Pagurus hirsutiusculus) at the John Ball Zoo.

Photo: A hermit crab (Coenobita brevimanus) at the Safari Land Pet Store.

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A hermit crab (Coenobita brevimanus) at the Safari Land Pet Store.

Photo: A land hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus) at the Safari Land Pet Store.

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A land hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus) at the Safari Land Pet Store.

Photo: A South claw hermit crab (Diogenes pugilator) from the Lisbon area at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium in Lisbon, Portugal.

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A South claw hermit crab (Diogenes pugilator) from the Lisbon area at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium in Lisbon, Portugal.

Photo: A South claw hermit crab (Diogenes pugilator) from the Lisbon area at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium in Lisbon, Portugal.

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A South claw hermit crab (Diogenes pugilator) from the Lisbon area at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium in Lisbon, Portugal.

Photo: A coconut crab (Birgus latro) from Ternate, Mollucas Island, Indonesia.

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A coconut crab (Birgus latro) from Ternate, Mollucas Island, Indonesia. This species of crab has different coloration depending on which island it comes from. Photographed at a private collection in Jakarta, Indonesia. This animal is under the care of PT. Alam Nusantara Jayatama.

Photo: A coconut crab (Birgus latro) from Ternate, Mollucas Island, Indonesia.

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A coconut crab (Birgus latro) from Ternate, Mollucas Island, Indonesia. This species of crab has different coloration depending on which island it comes from. Photographed at a private collection in Jakarta, Indonesia. This animal is under the care of PT. Alam Nusantara Jayatama.

A picture of a coconut crab (Birgus latro) from Halmahera, Mollucas Island, Indonesia.

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A coconut crab (Birgus latro) from Halmahera, Mollucas Island, Indonesia. This species of crab has different coloration depending on which island it comes from. Photographed at a private collection in Jakarta, Indonesia. This animal is under the care of PT. Alam Nusantara Jayatama.

A picture of a coconut crab (Birgus latro) from Halmahera, Mollucas Island, Indonesia.

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A coconut crab (Birgus latro) from Halmahera, Mollucas Island, Indonesia.. This species of crab has different coloration depending on which island it comes from. Photographed at a private collection in Jakarta, Indonesia. This animal is under the care of PT. Alam Nusantara Jayatama.

Photo: A coconut crab (Birgus latro) from Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia.

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A coconut crab (Birgus latro) from Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia. This species of crab has different coloration depending on which island it comes from. Photographed at a private collection in Jakarta, Indonesia. This animal is under the care of PT. Alam Nusantara Jayatama.

Photo: A coconut crab (Birgus latro) from Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia.

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A coconut crab (Birgus latro) from Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia. This species of crab has different coloration depending on which island it comes from. Photographed at a private collection in Jakarta, Indonesia. This animal is under the care of PT. Alam Nusantara Jayatama.

Photo: Bering hermit crab, Pagurus beringanus, at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

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Bering hermit crab, Pagurus beringanus, at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

Photo: Pacific red hermit crab, Elasdochirus gilli, at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

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Pacific red hermit crab, Elasdochirus gilli, at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

Photo: Pacific red hermit crab, Elasdochirus gilli, and whitehand hermit crab, Elassochirus tenuimanus, at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

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Pacific red hermit crab, Elasdochirus gilli, and whitehand hermit crab, Elassochirus tenuimanus, at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

Photo: Bering hermit crab (Pagurus beringanus) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

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Bering hermit crab (Pagurus beringanus) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

Photo: Pacific red hermit crab (Elasdochirus gilli) and whitehand hermit crab (Elassochirus tenuimanus) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

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Pacific red hermit crab (Elasdochirus gilli) and whitehand hermit crab (Elassochirus tenuimanus) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

Photo: Whitehand hermit crab (Elassochirus tenuimanus) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

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Whitehand hermit crab (Elassochirus tenuimanus) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

Photo: Pacific red hermit crab (Elasdochirus gilli) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

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Pacific red hermit crab (Elasdochirus gilli) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

Photo: Blue spine hermit crab (Pagurus kennerlyi) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

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Blue spine hermit crab (Pagurus kennerlyi) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

Photo: Blue spine hermit crab (Pagurus kennerlyi) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

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Blue spine hermit crab (Pagurus kennerlyi) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

Photo: Blueband hermit crab (Pagurus samuelis) at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper, UT.

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Blueband hermit crab (Pagurus samuelis) at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper, UT.

Photo: Blueband hermit crab (Pagurus samuelis) at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper, UT.

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Blueband hermit crab (Pagurus samuelis) at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper, UT.

Photo: Blueband hermit crab (Pagurus samuelis) at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper, UT.

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Blueband hermit crab (Pagurus samuelis) at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper, UT.

Picture of a coconut crab (Birgus latro) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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A Coconut crab (Birgus latro) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

Picture of a long-clawed hermit crab, Pagurus longicarpus, at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

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Long-clawed hermit crab, Pagurus longicarpus, at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

Picture of a long-clawed hermit crab, Pagurus longicarpus, with bushy bryozoans attached to its shell.

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Long-clawed hermit crab, Pagurus longicarpus, with bushy bryozoans attached to its shell. Bryozoans are tiny colonial animals that feed by filtering plankton from seawater.

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