soldier crab

He puts them on and wears them, as a soldier crab puts on and wears an empty shell.

Parasites also are found in messmates; the soldier-crab gives lodging to the sexual Eustoma truncata in its interior.

The Child clapped his hands for pleasure, and longed to see the soldier-crab and make him ashamed of himself.

And the Soldier-crab withdrew his long legs from the pebble, and marched away with a braggadocio air among the sea-weeds.

The case of the hermit or soldier crab was more conclusive, being the result of conscious choice.