Pet hermit / terrestrial crab — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC)
Source: Europe PMC (Europe PubMed Central) REST search, query "(hermit crab OR pet crab OR captive crab OR terrestrial crab) AND (diet OR nutrition OR feeding OR husbandry)", 418 hits (2026-07-22). Each entry is a first-hand peer-reviewed study; the abstract opening is quoted verbatim from the publisher abstract. 3 representative studies below (filtered for species + nutrition relevance).
- PMID 41650649 — Plastic leachates induce appetitive response in the helmet crab Telmessus cheiragonus. (The Science of the total environment, 2026). Abstract (opening): Plastic has now been widely recognized as a prevalent, ubiquitous and consistently increasing source of pollution. The extent of this pollution is such that plastics are now consid
- PMID 40504838 — A comparative analysis of microplastic contamination in hermit crab Clibanarius rhabdodactylus Forest, 1953, inhabiting intertidal and subtidal Coastal habitat of Gujarat state. (PloS one, 2025). Abstract (opening): Microplastics (MPs) contamination has increased significantly due to inadequate plastic waste, leading to MPs infiltration in marine organisms. Crustaceans, especially the anomuran
- PMID 39397859 — Ionic regulatory strategies of crabs: the transition from water to land. (Frontiers in physiology, 2024). Abstract (opening): Terrestrial crabs (brachyurans and anomurans) have invaded land following a variety of pathways from marine and/or via freshwater environments. This transition from water to land r
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Source text: pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_exotic_crab_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt (Europe PMC REST + PubMed efetch, 2026-07-22).