FIGURE 4. Birgus latro. A in Ontogenetic change of body color patterns in laboratory-raised juveniles of six terrestrial hermit crab species

FIGURE 4. Birgus latro. A (animal showing shield, posterior carapace, and some appendages, dorsal view), B (animal showing shield, left lateral view), Y15 (sample no. in Table 1, 1.72 mm SL, 4 months old); C (animal showing shield, posterior carapace, and left appendages, dorsal view), Y30 (2.21 mm SL, 9 months old); D (animal showing shield, posterior carapace, and some appendages, dorsal view), Y33 (2.72 mm SL, 12 months old); E (live crab without a gastropod shell, dorsal view) (approximately 4.0 mm SL, 24 months old).