Pet hermit / terrestrial crab — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC)

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).

1. PMID 41650649 — *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* A study found that plastic leachates induced an appetitive (feeding-attraction) response in the helmet crab Telmessus cheiragonus — relevant to marine plastic pollution and foraging behavior of this crab species. (Source excerpt truncated at abstract opening.)
2. 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 *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*
3. 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 *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*

Note: study selection and synthesis are left to the API consumer; this topic only surfaces primary sources with verbatim abstract openings.

Source text: pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_exotic_crab_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt (Europe PMC REST + PubMed efetch, 2026-07-22).

License & attribution

Mixed licensing per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3: Open Access (CC BY / CC BY-NC / CC BY-NC-ND) studies are reproduced verbatim with attribution under their specific CC license; non-Open-Access studies are paraphrased as derived fact summaries (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten). Original records:

• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39397859/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40504838/
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41650649/