St John's Island gallery of intertidal life in singapore

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Land hermit crab Coenobita cavipes Family Coenobitidae St. John's appears to have an inordinate number of Land hermit crabs. They are so well adapted to life out of water that they will drown if kept underwater! Land hermit crabs are now considered rare on mainland Singapore.

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