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Like all crabs, the hermit crab is a decapod — it has five pairs of legs, including a pair of claws. The hermit crab uses its claws for defense and food shredding as well as eating. The second and third pairs of legs help the crab walk, and the last two pairs hold the hermit crab in its shell. The hermit crab is abundant in tide pools. If you go, it's important to follow tidepool etiquette — look, but don't disturb or collect, which is illegal on many shores. Because the number of empty shells in a tide pool ensures the survival of hermit crabs, please leave all empty shells where you find them. And take care of yourself — remember that rocks in the tide pool are slippery. Face the ocean — unexpected large waves can easily sweep you into the water. The hermit crab prefers certain shells. Pagurus samuelis, a common tide pool hermit crab, prefers the shell of the black turban snail. A hermit crab moves into larger shells as it grows — fighting with other hermit crabs for the shells if necessary — but it doesn’t harm healthy snails.
Hermit crabs lack a shell, so they will use an empty one that originally belonged to another animal, such as a snail, periwinkle or oyster drill. Their soft, coiled abdomen fits tightly inside the "borrowed" shell. The broad-clawed hermit crab is the Bay’s largest hermit crab. The banded hermit crab is the smallest. Hermit crabs have two pairs of walking legs.
One of a hermit crab's claws is larger than the other. Long-clawed hermit crabs have long, narrow claws. The hands of the claws have a darker stripe. Broad-clawed hermit crabs have a flat major claw with wart-like projections called tubercles. Banded hermit crabs have a hairy major claw. Their legs are banded with brown rings.
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