Hermit crabs are small crabs that carry shells on their backs, both for a home and for safety. But with shells being harder to find year after year, hermit crabs have had to spend more time in shells ...

Paracalliactis tsukisome lives on top of the hermit crab Oncopagurus monstrosus’ shell. A team from Kumamoto University in Japan recently uncovered a deep-sea anemone that has a tight bond with hermit ...

Paracalliactis tsukisome, pale pink and soft-bodied, builds rigid, shell-like structures that hermit crabs use for protection—turning a passive invertebrate into an underwater architect. Uncovered ...

Japanese researchers have described a new species of sea anemone that appears to share a mutually beneficial relationship with hermit crabs. The pale pink sea anemones, now named Paracalliactis ...

When Shawn Miller’s camera captured a crisis on the shores of Okinawa, Japan, his heart found a mission. It was 2010 when he first witnessed the ingenious yet alarming way the island’s tiny hermit ...

Kumamoto University-led team identifies Paracalliactis tsukisome sp. nov., revealing a rare example of co-evolution in the deep sea Researchers from Kumamoto University and collaborating institutions ...