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soldier crab

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English

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a soldier crab (Mictyris longicarpus )

Noun

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soldier crab (plural soldier crabs)

  1. Any of several species of crabs
    1. Pagurus bernhardus (common hermit crab), of Europe.
    2. Coenobita clypeatus (Caribbean hermit crab).
    3. Dotilla myctiroides, a true crab from South-east Asia.
    4. Any of several species of the genus Mictyris, an Indo-West Pacific genus of crabs, especially
      1. (Australia) Mictyris longicarpus

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