Hermit Crab (Trizopagurus strigimanus)
 
 

Introduced Species

For OTHER Crustaceans:

  • Barnacles
  • Copepods
  • Ostracods
  • Mysids
  • Isopods
  • Amphipods
  • Krill
  • Southern Rock Lobster 
  • Hermit Crab 
  • Crabs
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  • Kingdom Animalia
  • Phylum Arthropoda
  • Subphylum Crustacea
  • Class Malacostraca
  • Order Decapoda
  • Family Diogenidae
  • Trizopagarus strigimanus - Hermit crab
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    Trizopagarus strigimanus - Hermit Crab
    Picture: MDC
    Habitat: Reef, 0 – 220m depth
    Distribution: WA to NSW and around Tasmania
    Maximum Size: Length to 130 mm
    Diet: Detritus (bits and pieces of dead or decaying matter), shellfish  
    Comments: Common on shallow Tasmanian reefs but is uncommon in diveable depths around the mainland