Cozumel, Mexico
Cozumel, Mexico
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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