Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Blue-Legged Hermit Crab
Clibanarius tricolor
Blue-Legged Hermit Crab
Also known as: Tricolor Hermit Crab, Three-Colored Hermit Crab
Category: Left-Handed Hermits
Scientific Name: Clibanarius tricolor
Size: Up to 0.8 in. (2 cm)  
Depth: 3-10 ft. (1-3 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Anomura (Infraorder)
        └Paguroidea (Superfamily)
         └Diogenidae (Family)
          └Clibanarius (Genus)
           └C. tricolor (Species)

Crustaceans
Left-Handed Hermits

Blue-Legged Hermit Crab

Bareye Hermit Crab

Stareye Hermit Crab

Red Reef Hermit Crab

Red-Banded Hermit Crab

White Speckled Hermit Crab

Blue-Eye Hermit Crab

Hairy Hermit Crab

Giant Hermit Crab

Orangeclaw Hermit Crab



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