Hermit crabs are anomuran decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea that have adapted to occupy empty scavenged mollusc shells to protect their fragile exoskeletons. There are over 800 species of hermit crab, most of which possess an... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Paguroidea
Class: Malacostraca
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Order: Decapoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Lower classifications
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