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OCR: CRUSTACEANS Hermit Crabs The hermit is the crab best known to scuba divers Hermit crabs inhabit the shells of gas- tropods and are most common seen at night Because size of the hermit crab is limit- ed by the dimensions shell it occupies, it is always on the lookout for a new and larg- er shell. This comical- -looking creature scuds about on the ocean bottom at night, walking along with its shell home on its back, retreating into the shell 1 OF2