Species Pagurus longicarpus - Long-Clawed Hermit Crab

Classification · Explanation of Names · Remarks · Print References · Internet References

Long-clawed Hermit Crab - Pagurus longicarpus

Pagurus longicarpus? - Pagurus longicarpus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)

Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans)

Superorder Eucarida (Eucarida (Crabs, Crayfish, Shrimp, etc.))

Order Decapoda (Crabs, Crayfishes, Lobsters, Prawns, and Shrimp)

Infraorder Anomura (Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs)

Superfamily Paguroidea (Hermit Crabs)

Family Paguridae

Genus Pagurus

Species longicarpus (Long-Clawed Hermit Crab)

Explanation of Names

Pagurus longicarpus Say 1817

Remarks

More than 40 species have been found in association with this species as commensals

Print References

Williams, J.D. & McDermott, J.J. (2004) Hermit crab biocoenoses: a worldwide review of the diversity and natural history of hermit crab associates. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 305(1): 1-128.

McDermott, J.J., Williams, J.D., & Boyko, C.B. (2010) The unwanted guests of hermits: A global review of the diversity and natural history of hermit crab parasites. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 394(1-2): 2-44.

Internet References

WoRMS

Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 1 July, 2015 - 10:00pm
Last updated 16 June, 2016 - 4:31pm

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