Common Name | White-spotted hermit crab |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official Trade Name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Hawaii |
Locality | |
Ref. | Meadows, D.W. and A. Kane, 2006 |
Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | behavior |
1st Modifier | habitat/ecology |
2nd Modifier | color pattern(s) |
Remarks | 'crab' from Old English 'ceorfan', i.e., 'to curve'; 'hermit', from Greek 'eremos', i.e., 'desolate', 'solitude'. |