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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) » Paguridae » Pagurus » Long-Clawed Hermit Crab (Pagurus longicarpus)
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Hermit crab - Pagurus longicarpus
Copyright © 2009 Charley Eiseman

Hermit crab - Pagurus longicarpus
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
June 2, 2008
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 24 November, 2009 - 4:18am
Last updated 1 July, 2015 - 10:00pm

Moved
Moved from Paguridae. Tentative move. See this Texas Parks and Wildlife Department site. The image here fits the description and none of the other common Pagurids in the area fit. I can't yet rule out a rare, obscure species but I'm fairly confident of this ID.
… Aaron Hunt, 1 July, 2015 - 10:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Hermit Crabs.
… Charley Eiseman, 11 June, 2015 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

Definitely Paguridae
I strongly suspect Pagurus longicarpus but have been unable to find a definitive list of local Pagurus species (or a key to them). Of the most common Woods Hole area hermits, at least, P. longicarpus is the only possibility. (It isn't P. annulipes or P. pollicaris.)
… Aaron Hunt, 10 June, 2015 - 11:00pm login or register to post comments

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