Other animals › Left-handed Hermit Crabs
Thinstripe Hermit Crab
Clibanarius vittatus
24 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Long-claw Hermit CrabPagurus longicarpus
Surf HermitIsocheles wurdemanni
Flat-clawed Hermit CrabPagurus pollicaris
Striped-leg Hermit CrabClibanarius taeniatus
Orange-striped Hermit CrabClibanarius infraspinatus
Clibanarius symmetricus
Clibanarius sclopetarius
Long-legged Hermit CrabClibanarius longitarsus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 9,553 |
|---|---|
| Texas | 6,745 |
| South Carolina | 507 |
| Alabama | 479 |
| North Carolina | 254 |
| Mississippi | 217 |
| Louisiana | 199 |
| Georgia | 123 |
| Virginia | 113 |
| Mexico | 30 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Malacostracans · Malacostraca |
| Order | Decapods · Decapoda |
| Family | Left-handed Hermit Crabs · Diogenidae |
| Genus | Clibanarius |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Thinstripe Hermit Crab with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.