Paguridae

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Animalia Arthropoda Malacostraca Decapoda Paguridae
Pagurus acadianus J.E.Benedict, 1901

Pagurus acadianus J.E.Benedict, 1901

Pagurus acadianus J.E.Benedict, 1901

Pagurus acadianus, the Acadian hermit crab, is a Western Atlantic hermit crab species in the family Paguridae.

Pagurus longicarpus Say, 1817

Pagurus longicarpus Say, 1817

Pagurus longicarpus Say, 1817

Pagurus longicarpus, the long-wristed hermit crab, is a small hermit crab native to North American Atlantic and Gulf coasts.

Pagurus pollicaris Say, 1817

Pagurus pollicaris Say, 1817

Pagurus pollicaris Say, 1817

Pagurus pollicaris is a commonly found North American Atlantic coast hermit crab with a range of common names, defined size, and specific diet and predators.

Pagurus samuelis (Stimpson, 1857)

Pagurus samuelis (Stimpson, 1857)

Pagurus samuelis (Stimpson, 1857)

Pagurus samuelis is a small North American Pacific hermit crab with banded legs, scavenging on algae and detritus.

Pagurus hirsutiusculus (Dana, 1851)

Pagurus hirsutiusculus (Dana, 1851)

Pagurus hirsutiusculus (Dana, 1851)

Pagurus hirsutiusculus is a hairy-banded hermit crab ranging from Alaska to California and from the Bering Strait to Japan.

Pagurus granosimanus (Stimpson, 1859)

Pagurus granosimanus (Stimpson, 1859)

Pagurus granosimanus (Stimpson, 1859)

Pagurus granosimanus is a medium-sized hermit crab with distinct raised blue dots on its granular limbs.

Pagurus hemphilli (J.E.Benedict, 1892)

Pagurus hemphilli (J.E.Benedict, 1892)

Pagurus hemphilli (J.E.Benedict, 1892)

Pagurus hemphilli is a maroon North American Pacific hermit crab that occupies deeper, cooler coastal waters and lives in gastropod shells.

Pagurus bernhardus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pagurus bernhardus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pagurus bernhardus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pagurus bernhardus, the common European Atlantic hermit crab, is an omnivorous detritivore that lives from the Arctic to southern Portugal.

Pagurus armatus (Dana, 1851)

Pagurus armatus (Dana, 1851)

Pagurus armatus (Dana, 1851)

Pagurus armatus is a large, banded-legged hermit crab found on multiple shallow to moderate depth substrates.

Pagurus prideaux Leach, 1815

Pagurus prideaux Leach, 1815

Pagurus prideaux Leach, 1815

Pagurus prideaux is a small hermit crab that forms symbiotic relationships with a sea anemone and a polychaete worm.

Pagurus novizealandiae (Dana, 1852)

Pagurus novizealandiae (Dana, 1852)

Pagurus novizealandiae (Dana, 1852)

Pagurus novizealandiae is a New Zealand-endemic marine hermit crab that occupies empty gastropod shells for protection.

Pagurus traversi (Filhol, 1885)

Pagurus traversi (Filhol, 1885)

Pagurus traversi (Filhol, 1885)

Pagurus traversi is a small reddish-brown hermit crab native to the coasts of New Zealand that lives in shallow intertidal marine habitats.

Pagurus sinuatus (Stimpson, 1858)

Pagurus sinuatus (Stimpson, 1858)

Pagurus sinuatus (Stimpson, 1858)

Pagurus sinuatus is a large Australian/New Zealand hermit crab distinguished by its solid, hairy chelipeds with banded walking legs.

Pagurus liochele (Barnard, 1947)

Pagurus liochele (Barnard, 1947)

Pagurus liochele (Barnard, 1947)

Pagurus liochele is a species of hermit crab in the genus Pagurus, a group of marine omnivorous decapod crustaceans.

Pagurus venturensis Coffin, 1957

Pagurus venturensis Coffin, 1957

Pagurus venturensis Coffin, 1957

Pagurus venturensis, the Ventura hermit crab, is a hermit crab species found off western North America's Pacific coast.

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