soldier crab

English

Noun

soldier crab (plural soldier crabs)

Any of several species of crabs
1. Pagurus bernhardus (common hermit crab), of Europe.
2. Coenobita clypeatus (Caribbean hermit crab).
3. Dotilla myctiroides, a true crab from South-east Asia.
4. Any of several species of the genus Mictyris, an Indo-West Pacific genus of crabs, especially
  1. (Australia) Mictyris longicarpus

References

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