Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . the 14th c, and thence introduced into otherjiarts of Spain and into Italy by LojJe dOlmeda in1424; and the Paulites, so called from St Paul, thefirst hermit, but an institute of the 13tli c, whichhad its origin in Hungary, and attained to a widerextension and a greater jiopularity than perhapsany other among the eremitical orders.—See Helyot,Histoire des Ordrcs Rellgieux ; also Wetser, Kirclien-Lexicon, art. Einsiedler. HERMIT CRAB, the common appellation of alarge family (Pagiirldce) of crustaceans, of the orderDecapoda, and sub-
Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . the 14th c, and thence introduced into otherjiarts of Spain and into Italy by LojJe dOlmeda in1424; and the Paulites, so called from St Paul, thefirst hermit, but an institute of the 13tli c, whichhad its origin in Hungary, and attained to a widerextension and a greater jiopularity than perhapsany other among the eremitical orders.—See Helyot,Histoire des Ordrcs Rellgieux ; also Wetser, Kirclien-Lexicon, art. Einsiedler. HERMIT CRAB, the common appellation of alarge family (Pagiirldce) of crustaceans, of the orderDecapoda, and sub-order Anovioura (see Crab),having the abdominal or tail segments much morelargely developed than in true crabs, but undefendedby hard jjlates, and not forming an organ for swim-ming, as in lobsteis, prawns, and other soft and tender tail requires a protectivecovering, which the instinct of the hermit crabsleads them to find in some turbinated univalveshell of suitable size. The most common Britishspecies {Paguriis Bernhardus) is an iuterestuig. Hermit Crab {Paffurus Bernhardus):a, animal out of the shell; b, in shell; c, a jaw-foot. object to every visitor of the sea-shore, and maybe found in abundance wherever little pools areleft by the tide on a rocky or shelving of whelks, periwinkles, &c., may be seenmoving -about in the pools in a manner verydifferent from that in which they were carriedby their original molluscous owners, having nowbecome the jjroperty and habitations of hermitcrabs, by which, perhaps, the molluscs were the slightest alarm, the H. C. retires into theshell, guarding the aperture of it with one claw,which is much larger than the other, the hardpoints of the feet also projecting a little. Thewhole structure of the animal is adapted to sucha habitation. The part which in the lobsterbecomes a finlike expansion at the end of thetail, becomes in the H. C. an appendage forfirmly holding by the shell; and so firmly does the S
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