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Hermit crab - Pagurus longicarpus

Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
June 2, 2008

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

Moved

Moved from Hermit Crabs.

… Charley Eiseman, 11 June, 2015 - 5:50pm

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

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