Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Line-Legged Hermit Crab
Line-Legged Hermit Crab
Scientific Name: Calcinus lineapropodus
Also known as: Striped Leg Hermit Crab
Category: Hermit Crabs
Size: Up to 0.5 in. (1 cm)  
Depth: 10-75 ft. (3-23 m)
Distribution: West Pacific, Great Barrier Reef

Invertebrates
Crustaceans
Hermit Crabs

Line-Legged Hermit Crab

Jeweled Anemone Hermit Crab

Hopper's Hermit Crab

Coral Hermit Crab (P. kroppi)

Giant Hermit Crab

White Speckled Hermit Crab

Blue-Eye Hermit Crab

Stareye Hermit Crab

Blue-Legged Hermit Crab

Orangeclaw Hermit Crab

Red Reef Hermit Crab

Red-Stripe Hermit Crab

White-spotted Hermit Crab

Dark Knee Hermit Crab

Hawaiian Elegant Hermit Crab

Haig's Hermit Crab

Laurent's Hermit Crab

Whitebanded Hermit Crab

Horseshoe Crabs
True Crabs
Spiny Lobsters
Isopods
Porcelain Crabs
Shrimps
Barnacles
Mantis Shrimps
Slipper Lobsters
Reef Lobsters


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