The Crabbage Patch Hermit Crab Care Brochure in PDF format for easy viewing, printing and sharing with others.

ADDITIONAL WEBSITE LINKS:

Crabotanicals (Hermit crab food trials)

landhermitcrabs.com (Hermit crab forum)

hermitcrabassociation.com (Hermit crab forum)

tonycoenobita.com (Species identification)

Carol of CrabWorks (Hermit crab chirping)

hermit-crabs.com (Christa Wilkin's care site)

epicurean-hermit.com (Informative site regarding foods)

naturallycrabby.com (Hermit crab blog)

crabstreetjournal.com (Hermit crab blog)

coenobitaspecies.com (Complete species information)

hermitcrabcuisine.com (Hermit crab foods)

SOURCES:

Greenaway, P. 2003. Terrestrial adaptations in the Anomura (Crustacea: Decapoda). In: Lemaitre, R., and Tudge, C.C. (eds), Biology of the Anomura. Proceedings of a symposium at the Fifth International Crustacean Congress, Melbourne, Australia, 9-13 July 2001. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 60(1): 13-26.

De Wilde, P.A.W.J. 1973. On the ecology of Coenobita clypeatus in Curacao with reference to reproduction, water economy and osmoregulation in terrestrial hermit crabs.
Stud. Fauna Curacao 44: 1-138.,

Bliss, D. E. 1982.  Shrimps Lobsters and Crabs Their Fascinating Life Story
New Century Publishers, Inc., New Jersey.

Warner, G.F. 1977. The biology of crabs. Van Nostrad Reinhold Co., New York.

Burggren, W.W., and B.R. McMahon, editors 1988. Biology of the Land Crabs. Cambridge University Press, New York.