Caribbean hermit crab right claw and is purple in color. Female land hermit crabs release fertilized eggs into the ocean. The spawning (called "washing" in the English-speaking Caribbean) occurs on certain nights, usually around August. This species is one of the two land hermit crabs commonly sold in the United States as a pet, the other being the Ecuadorian hermit crab. "C. clypeatus" has been confirmed to live as long as 12 years, and some crab owners have claimed to have crabs live up to 40 years. Caribbean hermit crab The Caribbean hermit crab, Coenobita clypeatus, also known as the soldier crab, the
Coastal peacock spider Coastal peacock spider Maratus speciosus, sometimes called the coastal peacock spider, is an Australian species of jumping spider (family Salticidae). They are only known to inhabit the vegetation of the coastal sand dunes of southwestern Western Australia. Like other "Maratus" spiders, the males of the species engage in a courtship display during which they raise their third pair of legs and their abdomen, presenting their colorful opisthosomal plate to potential female partners. Unlike other "Maratus", however, the males of this species have a set of bright orange hairs (setae) along both edges of the opisthosoma which only become visible during