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It's leg day bruh! 💪💪 Clypeatus lacks the longitudinal ridge found on the 3rd leg of many species. In hermit crabs, the fourth and particularly the fifth pereopods are reduced, usually remaining within the confines of the gastropod shell and hence are not used for walking. These appendages do however becoming important when the hermit crab attempts to right itself, providing anchorage within the shell. Further, the fifth pereopod has become specialised as a gill cleaning appendage, often resting within the gill chamber (Bauer 1981). On the abdomen only the left pleopods are retained (Poore 2004).[1] Pereiopods are primarily walking legs and are also used for gathering food. Those pereiopods which are armed with a claw (chela) may be referred to as chelipeds. The moveable fingers of a claw are known as dactyls. The pereiopods bear the sexual organs (gonopores), which are the third pereiopod in the female and the fifth pereiopod in the male. Land hermit crabs are able to regenerate lost appendages with molt. Read more here: http://coenobitaspecies.com/coenobita-clypeatus/ #speciesoftheweek #speciessunday #specieschat #hermitcrabchat #clypeatus #hermitcrabs #hermitcrabsofinstagram #crabstigram #instacrab #instahermit #claws #pinchers #coenobita #lhcos #csj #crabstreetjournal #clawlife #shelllife #thoseeyestho #allaboutthatpincher #crabby #crabbysquad #properpetcare

#speciesoftheweek #speciessunday #hermitcrabchat #clypeatus Body- The body of a hermit crab is made up of the hard thorax and the soft abdomen. The front portion of the thorax is called the shield. The rear part is the branchiostegite chamber (gills) and they are separated by the cervial groove. The soft abdomen is hidden in the shell. The thin covering of the abdomen acts as a lung. The abdomenal appendages of the land hermit crab include the thoracic appendages, pleopods, uropods and telson. The thoracic appendages are used for cleaning the gills, gripping the shell, gripping a mate during copulation. The pleopods are used for brooding eggs. At the end of the pleon is the tail fan, comprising a pair of biramous uropods and the telson, which bears the anus. Together, they are used for steering while swimming, and in the caridoid escape reaction. http://crabstreetjournal.org/?s=abdomen #hermitcrabs #hermitcrabsofinstagram #crabstigram #instacrab #instahermit #claws #pinchers #coenobita #lhcos #csj #crabstreetjournal #clawlife #shelllife #thoseeyestho #allaboutthatpincher #crabby #crabbysquad #properpetcare

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Farewell to Coenobita cavipes! Read more here: http://coenobitaspecies.com/cavipes #speciesoftheweek #speciessunday #specieschat #hermitcrabchat #cavipes #hermitcrabs #hermitcrabsofinstagram #crabstigram #instacrab #instahermit #claws #pinchers #coenobita #lhcos #csj #crabstreetjournal  #shelllife #thoseeyestho #allaboutthatpincher #crabby #crabbysquad #properpetcare

Enjoy some macro shots of the maxillipeds Read more here: http://coenobitaspecies.com/cavipes #speciesoftheweek #speciessunday #specieschat #hermitcrabchat #cavipes #hermitcrabs #hermitcrabsofinstagram #crabstigram #instacrab #instahermit #claws #pinchers #coenobita #lhcos #csj #crabstreetjournal  #shelllife

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