yes. there defense is there shell. there shell protects them from things like a rock if it falls on the crab
The Spider Crab covers its back with various spines and tubercles, algae, and small invertebrates. It does this for self defense against predators.
An Exoskeleton - external skeleton. Stops it getting omnomed
they use it for protection and defense,the claws are part of the skeleton and they can grab prey and hurt enemys.
There is no way you can drop her defense if you hurt her , she will forgive but forget ? never!
The claw size has nothing to do with the sex of the hermit crab. The small claw is a "feeder" claw, used to rip and tear food and bring it to the crab's mouth. The large claw is used for defense, as well as for holding the food while the crab uses the small claw to pick pieces off to eat. The female crab will have two visible gonopores on the 4th pair of walking legs, and will have pleopods on the side of her abdomen, best seen when the crab is switching shells.
Boxer crabs are Lybia. Lybia are a genus of small crabs that are also known as pom-pom crabs and hold sea anemone in their claws for defense.
In addition to a defense system a crap uses his claws to dismantle larger food sources to assist his digestion.
a Halloween crab is a crab in a costume a Halloween crab is a crab in a costume
yes.
The Alaskan crab is much larger than the coconut crab. The coconut crab weighs up to 9 lbs. and the Alaskan crab weighs up to 18 pounds.
~colossal crab ~Deceptive crab ~drunken crab ~etc.