Labidochirus splendescens  (Splendid Hermit)

© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #2153)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	Glacier Bay, Alaska
Photographer	Aaron Baldwin
Habitat	75 meters
Photo Date
Upload Date	October 22, 2007
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Photo ID #	2153
Comments	This unusual hermit crab has a greatly reduced abdomen and strongly calcified carapace. The abdomen is protected by a small shell that becomes overgrown and eventually replaced by a colonial hydroid.