Here are five things to know about them: This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: Land crabs: 5 things ...

Terrestrial hermit crabs (Coenobitidae) live on all the world's tropical coastlines, and typically acquire empty shells of gastropods to protect their soft abdominal region, known as pleon.

What is a hermit crab? There are over 800 species of hermit crabs worldwide, and almost all are ocean dwellers—though people are likely most familiar with the dozen semi-terrestrial species ...

Researchers said they found 526 hermit crabs had been trapped inside one ... "The potential for plastics on beaches and in other terrestrial ecosystems to cause harm is under-acknowledged ...

Like crabs, clams are less responsive to predators ... Attentation of top-down and bottom-up forces in a complex terrestrial community. Ecology 85, 3010-3022 (2004). Kats, L.