Two common hermit crab species found in the more saline portions of the St. Johns River have highly descriptive names: the thin stripe hermit crab or Clibanarius vittatus and the long-wristed ...

An underwater photographer has stumbled upon a new species of hermit crab with legs and pincers striped like candy canes. Ellen Muller captured photos and video of the tiny creature at dive ...

A thin-striped hermit crab peers out for predators Monday on the shore of the Lake Worth Lagoon along the Southern Boulevard Causeway. Heavy rainfall is in the forecast over the next few days.

The newly discovered candy striped hermit crab is named so for its candy cane-colored legs, and its features have researchers suspecting that it could even be the first hermit crab to engage in ...

Caught red-handed: The 'Candy striped hermit crab' is a new species from the Caribbean. ScienceDaily . Retrieved March 6, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 01 / 170126083612.htm ...

Meet the candy striped hermit crab, a new species that looks like it could be an undersea Christmas ornament. It's a pretty little critter, with bright red and white colorations that give the tiny ...

How about a little eye candy? A new species of hermit crab, discovered in the Caribbean, is just the ticket. It’s called the candy striped hermit crab, named for the bright red stripes that run ...

Gallery 1 here It turned out that the brightly coloured hermit crab was a species new to science. Due to the fact that its legs resembled candy cane, it was named “candy striped hermit crab”. For its ...

An underwater photographer has stumbled upon a new species of hermit crab with legs and pincers striped like candy canes. Ellen Muller captured photos and video of the tiny creature at dive sites in ...

The color pattern reminded author Dr. Rafael Lemaitre, Smithsonian Institution, USA, of traditional candy cane, and thus he assigned the common name "Candy striped hermit crab". Meanwhile ...