A flame tip hermit crab (Calcinus minutus), found in branching hard coral, Yap, Micronesia, Pacific

Coral Hermit Crabs, Paguritta sp., Russell Islands, Solomon Islands

Symbiotic anemones cover the shell of a hermit crab, Dardanus pedunculatus, in Komodo National Park, Indonesia. This tropical area in the Lesser Sunda Islands is known for both its amazing marine biodiversity as well its infamous dragons.

Hermit crab (Dardanus megistos), Mili, Marshall Islands, Pacific

Hermit crab, Coenobita perlatus, Bird I., Mili, Marshall Islands (N. Pacific).

Anemone hermit crab, Dardanus pedunculatus, Dumaguete, Negros Island, Philippines.

This species of coral hermit crab (Paguritta sp) is well known, but still awaiting a name from biologists. It lives in a hole in hard coral and traps passing plankton in it's feathery antennae, Yap, Micronesia

Scuba diver and Spider hermit crabs in anemone, Stenorhynchus seticornis, Netherlands Antilles, Bonaire, Caribbean Sea

Coral hermit crab and Coral polyps, Haapai Tonga