hermit crab

A crustacean that commonly protects its soft abdomen by living inside an empty snail shell. The example shown is Caribbean Land Hermit Crab (Coenobita clypeatus).

All languages

English

hermit crab

Norwegian

eremittkreps

Japanese

ヤドカリ — やどかり — yadokari

Korean

소라게 — sorage

Spanish

cangrejo ermitaño

French

bernard-l'ermite

German

Einsiedlerkrebs

Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.