About Hermit Crab:

• Hermit crabs are small crustaceans that lack a shell and must “borrow” one from another animal. 
• They use empty snail shells (e.g., whelk or periwinkle) or other hollow objects as a shelter for partial containment and protection of the body.
• Habitat: Hermit crabs, worldwide in distribution, occur in sandy- or muddy-bottomed marine waters and occasionally on land and in trees. 
• Features:
  • They can grow up to 6 inches long.
  • There are two pairs of antennae and five pairs of legs.
  • They are opportunistic scavengers, feeding on anything they can find.
  • They have tough pincers but a soft body, which they coil up inside their borrowed shell, using their hooked tail to help them to grip on. 
  • They molt (shed their skin) and change shells as they grow.
  • Despite their name, hermit crabs are social creatures and can live together in pairs or groups.
  • They can live for up to 10 years.