Small hermit crab, Calcinus spec., in a raspberry coral, Pocillopora, from the Red Sea, Egypt.

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The genus Calcinus contains small, very pretty colored species of hermit crabs, which are highly traded for aquariums. Hermit crabs have a soft abdomen, which they protect by using empty shells as home. If danger, such as potential predators, are close they can retract their entire body in the shell.

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Size: 3684px × 2345px
Location: Marsa Imbarak, South Red Sea, Egypt
Photo credit: © Rasmus Loeth Petersen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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