Shells as Homes - Florida Hermit Crabs
I thought something shell-related, but a little different might be a series showing the different shells hermit crabs select for homes. Unless noted otherwise, all photos are by Marlo Krisberg.
Initial posting: Jan 27 2007
Stramonita haemastoma floridana with tenant (Calcinus tibicen). Jupiter Sound, Florida.
Found by and photo by Bill Frank.
Busycotypus canaliculatus, Jacksonville, Duval County.
Looks like Calcinus tibicen in a
Calliostoma euglyptum. Fort Pierce
Inlet, Florida.
Naticarius canrena with tenant (Clibanarius vittatus). Jupiter Sound, Florida.
Polinices lacteus with tenant. Jupiter Sound, Florida.
Cerithium atratum with tenant. Jupiter Sound, Florida.
Urosalpinx tampaensis with tenant. Banana River, Brevard County, Florida.
Hexaplex fulvescens with tenant. Port
Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida.
Busycon carica form eliceans with tenant (Clibanarius vittatus). Port Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida.
Terebra dislocata with tenant. Sand flats inside St. Augustine Inlet, St. Johns County, Florida.
Oliva sayana with tenant. Inside St. Lucie Inlet, Martin County, Florida. 7/2008
Busycon sinistrum with tenant.
Goodland Bay, Collier County, Florida.
Neritina virginea with tenant (Clibanarius tricolor). Palm Beach Inlet, Palm Beach County, Florida.
Photo and crab ID by Gustav Paulay.
Another Neritina virginea. Grand Cayman.
Photo by Les Wilk.
Another Neritina virginea. Lake Worth Lagoon, Florida.
Photo by Les Wilk.
Strombus gigas with tenant. The shell is nine inches. Found in the Lower Florida Keys, 1977. Tenant is Petrochirus diogenes, Giant Hermit Crab
Busycotypus spiratus pyruloides
with tenant (Clibanarius vittatus).
Pelican Island, Indian River Lagoon,
Indian River County, Florida.
Melongena corona with tenant (Clibanarius vittatus). Sebastian, Indian River Lagoon, Indian River County, Florida. Oct 2024
