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Hermit Crab
細螯寄居蟹
Clibanarius spp.
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Does not naturally have a shell so it needs to find empty snail shells to protect itself.
寄居蟹沒有如螃蟹和龍蝦般堅硬的甲殼，因此必須尋找空螺殼保護自己，因而得名
When its old shell no longer fits, it will find and compete for a larger emptied shell. Sometimes a group of hermit crabs will gather to form a vacancy chain where the old shell is passed on to the next individual.
當舊殼不合身時，寄居蟹就會尋找及爭奪更大的空殼，有時更會一群寄居蟹聚集成一條空殼鏈，將舊殼逐個傳給下一個
Omnivorous scavengers which feed on dead plants and animal matter.
雜食性的食腐動物，會以動植物的屍體為食
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