hermit crab shells
Scavenged mobile shelters
Hermit crab shells are the empty mollusk shells that hermit crabs inhabit for protection.
Unlike true crabs, hermit crabs have soft, vulnerable abdomens and must find discarded shells to live in, upgrading to larger ones as they grow.
The term sometimes appears in discussions of housing markets or hand-me-down arrangements: Tech startups play hermit crab shells with office space as companies scale up and move out.
- gastropodSingle-shelled soft creature
- snailShelled, slow-moving mollusk
- tide poolWave-stranded water hollow
- intertidal zoneShore covered and uncovered daily
- beachSandy waterside margin
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Body's inner framework
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Invertebrate exoskeletons from sea
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