Verrilli's hermit crabs

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 1:41 pm

These bright blue marine crabs are endemic to Bermuda and they're pretty awesome if you ask me. I picked them up on a snorkel collection trip for one of my classes. These crabs are sexually dimorphic in shell selection, the guys use portable shells while the girls stay in tubes made by marine worms. Here's one running around on the lab bench...

more info on these awesome critters here http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/Marine ... rilli.html

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:20 pm

It is a very cute hermie. What will you end up doing with them?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:57 pm

This guy happened to get stuck to a rock we brought in for my marine invert zoology class, we were supposed to be looking for worms, I got a bit distracted however, haha.

Hermy88 · Post by **Hermy88** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:55 am

Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you......

I now know that these are what I got by mistake early in October. Thank you! And they're adorable.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:50 am

I think they sell those in marine aquarium stores, I got a lot that look like that running around in my tank.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:17 pm

Those are Dwarf Blue Legs and they are very common, especially in Florida and places around there. I have a caresheet for these guys if your interested.