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photo © ria tan 2002		 Hermit crab
Diogenes sp.

This hermit crab is usually smaller than the orange ones that are more commonly seen.

Diogenes has one pincer that is much larger than the other. The larger pincer is used to block the entrance of the shell when the hermit crab retracts.
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