Scott's Hermit Crab Page Land hermit crabs are crustaceans known as Coenobita clypeatus. They live in the wild in the western Alantic. Hermit
crabs have a three sections: a head, a body (cephalothorax), and an abdomen which they protect with their shells.
Hermit crabs have gills on their big claw in order to conserve moisture. Hermit crabs sometimes go for long periods of
time without food or water. [eng]