Hermit crab ID

[xdcbenoitxd]

I'm posting for a friend. He recently got "assorted hermit crabs" from a pet store and is super curious to know what specific kind he has. They're all different and he has 4. Only 2 were feeling photogenic so I'm hoping we can get these little guys I'd for him.

Thanks for any help available

 

[blaxsun]

Algae-eating hermit crabs. They can get up to about 2" in width (leg to leg).

 

[xdcbenoitxd]

He got a third one

 

[xdcbenoitxd]

Algae-eating hermit crabs. They can get up to about 2" in width (leg to leg).

Thanks. He's hoping for specific species such as zebra hermit. Yellow tip. Ect.

 

[blaxsun]

Thanks. He's hoping for specific species such as zebra hermit. Yellow tip. Ect.

That's the specific species for the first two images: algae-eating hermit crab. I can't tell the third one as there's too much blue/purple.

 

[WheatToast]

Not sure about the third one, but the first two are Clibanarius vittatus (thinstripe hermit crab). These consume algae and detritus but have been known to attack other invertebrates.

 

[xdcbenoitxd]

Not sure about the third one, but the first two are Clibanarius vittatus (thinstripe hermit crab). These consume algae and detritus but have been known to attack other invertebrates.

Thanks so much