Blue-Legged Hermit Crab

Blue-Legged Hermit Crab

Taxobox
name = Blue-Legged Hermit CrabITIS|ID=98191|taxon="Clibanarius tricolor"|year=2008|date=29 Feb]


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
infraordo = Anomura
familia = Diogenidae
genus = "Clibanarius "
species = "C. tricolor"
binomial = "Clibanarius tricolor"
binomial_authority = Gibbes, 1850

The Blue-Legged Hermit Crab, also known as the Tricolor Hermit, Blueleg Reef Hermit, Equal Handed Hermit, or the Blueleg Hermit is a popular aquarium hermit crab native to the shallow waters of the Caribbean Sea. It has blue legs with red banding. Because of its coloration and because of its ability to clean up tanks, it is a popular, cheap aquarium specimen.cite web |url=http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/r90012.htm |title=FishProfiles.com - Clibanarius tricolor |accessdate=2008-02-28 |format= |work=] It feeds on green hair algae and cyanobacteria.cite web |url=http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=16&cat=1898&articleid=2103 |title=Blue Leg Hermit Crab (Clibanarius tricolor) |accessdate=2008-02-28 |format= |work=]

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