Striped Hermit Crab
Clibanarius vittatus
A shell you pick up that suddenly walks away — Florida's most common shoreline hermit crab.
- Typical size
- 0.5–2 in
- How often it turns up
- Very common
- Collecting
- Protected, do not collect
- Handling
- May be alive
Never take an occupied shell. Hermit crabs die without a home, and empty shells are already in short supply.
How to tell it apart
- Striped legs with green and cream lines
- Both claws roughly equal in size
- Lives in whelk, cerith and moon snail shells
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