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Crustaceans - The Hermit Crab

First seen on Tuesday 18th May 2021 at Holy Island

Hermit Crabs are well known as the ones that live inside discarded sea snail shells. Here you can see three very different shells. When a Hermit Crab outgrows this shell, it will find a bigger one. They are quite common in rock pools, scavenging on anything they find.