Florent's Guide To The

South Florida 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)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Anomura (Infraorder)
      └Paguroidea (Superfamily)
       └Diogenidae (Family)
        └Clibanarius (Genus)

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