Invertebrates

General information The Dwarf Red Tip Hermit Crab is a voracious scavenger. Like its Blue Leg cousin, the Dwarf Red Tip Hermit Crab serves as an ideal member of your marine or reef aquarium’s cleanup crew. This omnivore will scavenge all over your live rock and sand substrate – finding its way into the tightest…

General information The Electric Orange Hermit Crab pops out from the rest of the animals in the aquarium because of its bright orange legs with brown bands. In addition to that, it also has blue eyes. It can grow up to 2 inches. It also lives inside empty snail shells.

General information The Electric Blue Hermit Crab is very attractive due to its electriying blue legs with black bands and its bright orange antennae. Its claws are colored brownish green. Like other hermit crabs, it also lives inside abandoned snail shells. It can grow up to 3/4′ to 1-1/2′ in. It is beneficial to the aquarium…

General information The Spider Decorator Crab has a brown body with sponges, shells, and rocks that are attached to it, helping it to camouflage. It naturally hunts for food at night. It can grow up to 4 inches.

General information The hermit crab, Dardanus sp., is very unique because of its symbiotic relationship with the sea anemone, Calliactis polypus. The two have a mutual relationship wherein the crab helps the sea anemone spread out in the wild while the anemone protects the crab through forming a camouflage. However, this crab is aggressive, making…

General information The Horseshoe Crab is greenish brown to light tan in color. The dorsal part of the body is rounded, and it has a long spike for a tail. The Horseshoe Crab is not a crab, but more closely related to spiders and mites, belonging to a group of animals called chelicerates. Horseshoe Crabs…

General information Paguristes cadenati is very hardy and requires minimal care in a well-established system. More importantly, however, these small hermit crabs have a voracious appetite for detritus and algae. In fact, they are particularly fond of nuisance algae of the filamentous, hair, and slime varieties, as well as cyanobacteria. Finally, unlike some hermit crabs,…

General information The Porcelain Crab is common throughout the tropical oceans of the world, and has a flat, round body with two large front claws. They are brown and orange in coloration with bright blue spots. These crabs have a pair of front arms called maxillipeds, which have ends that are feather-like in appearance. They…