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Interesting Facts About the Halloween Hermit Crab
Here are some interesting facts about the beautiful and colorful Halloween Hermit Crab - a lovely exotic pet.
1.) Like janitor fish, it is a favorite aquarium pet for its ability to routinely clean algae.
2.) Halloween Hermit Crab is considered the most brightly colored hermit crab in normal aquarium use.
3.) Other common names of this beautiful aquarium pet include Orange Legged Hermit Crab and Striped hermit Crab.
4.) This marine creature of the Indo-Pacific region is commonly found along coral substrates and in the ocean and along sandy areas surrounding reefs.
5.) It can be found also in the Red Sea and is believed to have originated from Hawaii.
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6.) This lovely-looking crustacean can grow up to 5.1 cm in length.
7.) This nocturnal animal lives primarily in cone shells.
8.) It is a good aquatic pet because t has a lifespan of up to 10 years.
9.) It is well known for its distinct and vibrant coloration and has been described as an unusual hermit crab.
10.) This hermit crab is characterized by vividly colored walking legs, a red body, and alternating horizontal bright orange and white bands giving it the likeness of the festive colors of Halloween.
11.) The Halloween Hermit Crab is omnivorous and a scavenger, eating nearly anything that appears in its environment, including small animals.
12.) It feeds on live and dead animal material, including detritus and filamentous algae.
13.) If a Halloween Hermit Crab’s shell is too small, it may attack a snail for a larger shell.
14.) The Halloween Hermit Crab can eat quickly.
15.) This marine pet can eat any left-over food that settles along the bottom, sifts through the sand which aerates the aquarium substrate.
Note:
*Precaution: It has the tendency to attack and kill fish and other invertebrate in the tank.
*Remember to feed them with clams, mussels, shrimps and scallop.
See also
- Pretty Aquatic Pets:10 Most Beautiful Shrimps
- The World’s Most Colorful Crabs
- World’s Most Colorful and Unique Hermit Crabs
- Unique and Peculiar Squat Lobsters
- Freakiest and Weirdest Crabs in the World
- Amazingly Unique and Weird Lobsters
- World’s Most Colorful Lobster in Their Natural Habitats
- World’s Most Colorful and Unique Porcelain Crabs
- The Most Beautiful and Distinctively Colorful Hermit Crabs in the World
- Colorful and Unique Crabs That Beautify and Clean Your Aquarium Tanks
- Weird, Unique And Commercially Important King Crab Species
King Crabs, which are also called Stone Crabs, are crab-like decapods crustaceans that are found mainly in cold seas and oceans. These sea-creatures are large and taste good. Many species of King Crabs are widely caught and sold as food. Here’s a list...
- World’s Most Colorful And Unique Squat Lobsters
There are 870 known species of Squat Lobsters in the world. Squat Lobsters are decapods crustaceans. They are not lobsters at all but are more closely related to hermit crabs and porcelain crabs. They can be found in the different oceans of the world....
- Interesting Facts About The Red King Crab
Here are some notably interesting facts about one of the most commercially important species of king crab – the Red King Crab. Image Source 1.) A Red King Crab can grow a leg span of 1.8 meters or 5 ft 11 inches. 2.) This huge arthropod was named...
- Colorful And Unique Crabs That Beautify And Clean Your Aquarium Tank
Yes, crabs are also popular exotic aquarium pets. The most brightly-colored and most beautiful species are the usual creatures you’ll find in pet shops. Here’s a list of the most beautiful and popular crabs in the world for your aquarium tank. Striped...
- The Most Beautiful And Distinctively Colorful Hermit Crabs In The World
There are about 1,100 species of “hermit crabs” in the world. These decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea possess an asymmetrical abdomen which is concealed in an empty gastropod shell that is carried around by the hermit crab. Here are...