hermit crab in English
noun
1
a crab with a soft asymmetrical abdomen that lives in a castoff mollusk shell for protection. In several kinds, the shell becomes covered with sponges, sea anemones, or bryozoans.
The fossil trackway undoubtedly was produced by a terrestrial hermit crab , like those that are common in beach and dune environments in the Bahamas today.
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1. To Breed is to have babies, whether you’re a human or a hermit crab
2. In the hermit crab also the muscles of the new leg are formed by ectodermal cells.