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Clibanarius tricolor is a hermit crab that lives in shallow water of the Caribbean Sea and is popular in the home aquarium trade. Its common names include blue-legged hermit crab, tricolor hermit crab, blueleg reef hermit crab, equal handed hermit crab and blueleg hermit crab.

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1. (c) Evan Kane, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/diverevan/2425419653/
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clibanarius_tricolor

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• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
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• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SeaLifeBase
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