| Re: Stripy Hermit-crabs
That would be my guess, yes. P. bernhardus uses shells of other animals (e.g. whelks \ winkles etc.) for itself, while P. prideaux carries an anemone instead. The only other species I could find was P. cuanensis, which is very small but has a furry right claw which yours doesn't.
As for colour, I think yours would turn out to be mostly orange if you took it out the pool (and its shell) for a closer look, but it's likely to just be normal variation. |