MYN / Jerry Monkman / Acadian hermit crab (Pagurus acadianus) emerging from shell, Rye, New Hampshire, USA, January. meetyourneighbours.net project

David Fleetham / Hermit crab (Dardanus pedunculatus) with Sea anemones (Calliactis polypus) for protection. Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.

Alex Mustard / Morgan's coral hermit crab (Paguritta morgani) looks out from its hole, surrounded by an orange sponge with zooanthids. Arborek jetty, Arborek Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Dampier Strait...

Pascal Kobeh / Orange / Pacific red hermit crab (Elassochirus gilli), Alaska, USA, Gulf of Alaska. Pacific ocean.

Juergen Freund / Anemone hermit cab (Dardanus pedunculatus) with several anemones on its shell. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Hermit crab (Dardanus megistos) on sandy bottom. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Stephen Belcher / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) orange variant, Christmas Island, Australia

Jane Burton / Young common hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus) moving into empty shell of edible periwinkle. Europe, captive

David Shale / (Neolithodes sp) a benthic, deep sea crab., deep sea Atlantic ocean

Shane Gross / Pacific red hermit crab (Elassochirus gilli) on sea floor, Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Common hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus) living in a shell covered in an orange Sea sponge (Suberites carnosus). Loch Carron, Highlands, Scotland, UK.

David Fleetham / Scarlet leg hermit crab (Paguristes cadenati), off the island of Bonaire, The Caribbean.