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Pagurus bernhardus hermit crab plural hermit crabs
A decapod crustacean (not a true crab) from the superfamily Paguroidea seashells or other portable objects to permanently shelter and protect its soft abdomen .
2025 August 19, Melissa Scott Sinclair, “Consider the Hermit Crab”, in Slate [1] In the U.S., Akers would like to see all hermit crabs legally reclassified as exotic pets, like an alligator or an ocelot, so their sale and ownership could be regulated. To her, every crab’s life is precious.
crustacean
Asturian: bígaru de pates (ast)
Bikol:
Central Bikol: umang
Bislama: nakato
Bulgarian: рак пустинник m ( rak pustinnik )
Catalan: bernat ermità m
Cebuano: umang
Chinese:
Mandarin: 寄居蟹 (zh) ( jìjūxiè ) , 寄生蟹 (zh) ( jìshēngxiè )
Czech: krab poustevníček m poustevníček severský m
Danish: eremitkrebs c
Dutch: heremietkreeft (nl) m
Finnish: erakkorapu
French: bernard-l’ermite (fr) m
Galician: cangrexo ermitán (gl) m
German: Einsiedlerkrebs (de) m
Greek: πάγουρος (el) m ( págouros )
Hungarian: remeterák (hu)
Indonesian: kelomang
Ingrian: erikkokrapu
Irish: faocha ghliomaigh f portán sligreach m
Italian: paguro (it) m bernardo l’eremita m
Japanese: 宿借り ヤドカリ (ja) ( yadokari )
Korean: 소라게 ( sorage )
Latin: pīnotērēs m
Malay: umang-umang
Māori: kāunga waerau
Mokilese: umwpwa
Norwegian: eremittkreps m
Occitan: bernat-l'ermita m buòu arput m piada f
Polish: rak pustelnik m krab pustelnik m pustelnik (pl) m
Portuguese: bernardo-eremita m
Russian: рак-отше́льник (ru) m ( rak-otšélʹnik )
Scottish Gaelic: partan-tuathal m
Serbo-Croatian: rak samac m
Spanish: cangrejo ermitaño m
Swedish: eremitkräfta c
Thai: ปูเสฉวน (th) ( bpuu-sěe-chǔuan )
Turkish: keşiş yengeci
Ukrainian: рак-самітник m ( rak-samitnyk )
Vietnamese: ốc mượn hồn (vi) , cua kí cư cua ẩn sĩ
Welsh: cranc meddal m cranc meudwyol m
