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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Eucarida (Crabs, Crayfish, Shrimp, etc.) (Eucarida) » Crabs, Crayfishes, Lobsters, Prawns, and Shrimp (Decapoda) » Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs (Anomura) » Hermit Crabs (Paguroidea)

Superfamily Paguroidea - Hermit Crabs

Hermit Crabs (Paguroidea)

Pagurus samuelis

Pagurus samuelis

Pagurus samuelis

Pagurus acadianus

Pagurus acadianus

hermit crab near Point Pinos 2022 April 19

Clibanarius vittatus?

Clibanarius vittatus?

Hermit Crab in a turban shell

please ID hermit crab

Giant hermit crab!

Crab #4 needs ID

Orange Claw Hermit Crab (Calcinus tibicen)

Blue Leg Hermit Crab (Clibanarius tricolor)

Hermit Crabs (Paguroidea) » Paguridae

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