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The "Hermit" part of the enemy's name refers to the real world {{w|hermit crab}}, given how both creatures have a vulnerable abdomen that they wish to keep hidden most of the time. Its Japanese name is {{j|シャコモドキ|Shako Modoki}}, which loosely translates to "Pseudo Mantis Shrimp" or "Fake Mantis Shrimp".
The "Hermit" part of the enemy's name refers to the real world {{w|hermit crab}}, given how both creatures have a vulnerable abdomen that they wish to keep hidden most of the time. Its Japanese name is {{j|シャコモドキ|Shako Modoki}}, which loosely translates to "Pseudo Mantis Shrimp" or "Fake Mantis Shrimp".


Its scientific name is ''Camabarus rustica''. ''Camabarus'' is a play on the real world genus for crawfish &ndash; ''cambarus'' &ndash; and ''rustica'' is related to the Latin ''rusticus'', which means rural. Internally, this enemy is called <code>jigumo</code> in ''Pikmin 2'', which is the Japanese name of the {{w|atypus karschi}}, a type of spider. In ''Pikmin 3'', the internal name was changed to simply <code>shako</code>, which is part of the Japanese name ({{j|シャコ|Shako}}).
Its scientific name is ''Camabarus rustica''. ''Rustica'' is related to the Latin ''rusticus'', which means rural. Internally, this enemy is called <code>jigumo</code> in ''Pikmin 2'', which is the Japanese name of the {{w|atypus karschi}}, a type of spider. In ''Pikmin 3'', the internal name was changed to simply <code>shako</code>, which is part of the Japanese name ({{j|シャコ|Shako}}).


===Names in other languages===
===Names in other languages===