Blue-legged Hermit Crab

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Clibanarius tricolor

Blue-legged Hermit Crab, a reference photo
Photo: RevolverOcelot · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Clibanarius tricolor is a hermit crab that lives in shallow water of the Caribbean Sea and is popular in the home aquarium trade. Its common names include blue-legged hermit crab, tricolor hermit crab, blueleg reef hermit crab, equal handed hermit crab and blueleg hermit crab.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Blue-legged Hermit Crab being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Diogenidae
Species
Clibanarius tricolor

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