Hermit Crab

Vito ra ntolovelo ra xindyangu

Hermit crabs

Vito ra xi science

Paguroidea

Size

Miri wu lehe kusuka eka 1-20 cm.

Nhlamuselo

Yina xisuti xo veveuka laha yi tumbetaka kona ti shell ta tihumba ta lwandle. Miri hinkwawo waswikota kuti tsongahata wuringana na shell. Yina milenge ya khume laha leyimbirhi yosungula yina minwala. Tinwani titirhisa ti anemones kuva ti titumbeta. Mihlovo ya yona yahambana hambana kusuka eka buraweni, wotshuka, orenji, wo basa, wasi nawa ntima. Tinwana tina milayeni na swicoticoti emilengeni.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa yona wukule kufika eka 6 na tinxaka ta 68. I xiphemu xa swinwana swihadyani leswi hanyaka endzeni ka mati. Vito ra yona risukela eka kuva yikota kuva yi hanya endzeni ka shell ya xihadyana xinwana. Yikota ku titumbeta endzeni ka shell yinwani loko yi chavisiwile. Yina vutomi byo leha swinene. Yakumeka e handle ka mati ya lwandle, laha kungana mati yo tenga na mati ya lwandle. Yitshikela matandza.

Swakudya

Yidya nkuxu, swivungu, swihadyani leswinga fa leswibolaka endzeni ka mati hambi kuri swimilani leswinga ematini.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka tinxaka hinkwato ta lwandle.

Common species

Anemone hermit crab - Dardanus pedunculatus
Stareye hermit crab - Dardanus venosus
Wolf hermit crab - Aniculus maximus