hermit crab
Pagurus bernhardus
#nm_0565📍 International
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- hermit crab
Compound: hermit + crab hermit: one who lives in solitude, crab: crustacean ↳ hermit from Old French eremite, from Late Latin eremita, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης erēmítēs (of the desert), from ἔρημος érēmos (desert, deserted)
Hermit crab that occupies empty gastropod shells for protection, its soft asymmetric abdomen having no hard covering of its own. Found in the north-east Atlantic from the intertidal zone to about 500 m depth.
Same species, different names
bernard-l'ermiteFrance
erakkorapuFinland
hermit crabInternational
keşiş yengeciTurkey
ερημίτης κάβουραςGreece