| Common Name | Elegant hermit crab |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official Trade Name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | Hawaii |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Meadows, D.W. and A. Kane, 2006 |
| Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | behavior |
| 1st Modifier | habitat/ecology |
| 2nd Modifier | color pattern(s) |
| Remarks | 'crab' from Old English 'ceorfan', i.e., 'to curve'; 'hermit', from Greek 'eremos', i.e., 'desolate', 'solitude'. |