Description

Also known as Blue-knee Hermit, Blueleg Hermit, Blueleg Hermit Crab, Blueleg Reef Hermit Crab, Blue-legged Hermit Crab, Blue-striped Hermit Crab, Dwarf Blue Hermit, Dwarf Blueleg Hermit Crab, Equal Hermit Crab, Equal-handed Hermit, Equal-handed Hermit Crab, Hermit Crab, Left-handed Hermit Crab, Mexican Blue-legged Hermit Crab, Three Coloured Hermit Crab, Tricolor Hermit, Tri-colored Hermit Crab.

Found over intertidal areas, of coral and rocky reefs, in bays and shorelines.
They feed on algae, dead animals, dead plants, and seaweeds!
Length - 2cm
Depth - ?m
Widespread Western Atlantic Ocean

This crab is popular in the aquarium trade!

Anomura crabs are considered false crabs, they have a longer abdomen and the back legs are modified or reduced so hardly noticeable.
These crabs include the hermit crabs and squat lobsters.
Many thousands of species live worldwide in sea water, fresh water and on land.
Hermit crabs change their shells regularly but only when they find a larger and newer shell to feel safe in! Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clibanarius_tricolor