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Categories: Extant Hettangian first appearances, Articles with 'species' microformats, Anomura, long volume value, Hermit crabs

hermit crab

Small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods WordNet 3.0

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Small soft-bodied marine crustaceans living in cast-off shells of gastropods WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Hermit crabs are anomuran decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea that have adapted to occupy empty scavenged mollusc shells to protect their fragile exoskeletons. Wikipedia

Superfamily of crustaceans Wikidata

A decapod crustacean (not a true crab) from the superfamily Paguroidea, which salvages empty seashells or other portable objects to permanently shelter and protect its soft abdomen. Wiktionary

Crustacean. Wiktionary (translation)

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