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Pagurus
Pagurus is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Paguridae. Like other hermit crabs, their abdomen is not calcified and they use snail shells as portable homes. These marine decapod crustaceans are omnivorous, but mostly prey on small animals and scavenge carrion. Trigonocheirus and Pagurixus used to be considered subgenera of Pagurus, but the former is nowadays included in Orthopagurus, while the latter has been separated as a distinct genus.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Blueband Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus samuelis
Pacific Hairy Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus hirsutiusculus
Long-claw Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus longicarpus
Grainy Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus granosimanus
Common Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus bernhardus
Ventura Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus venturensis
Flat-clawed Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus pollicaris
Striped Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus anachoretus
Bering Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus beringanus
New Zealand Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus novizealandiae
Acadian hermit crab
speciesPagurus acadianus
Atlantic Hairy Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus cuanensis
Prideaux's Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus prideaux
Maroon Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus hemphilli
Armed Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus armatus
Pagurus minutus
speciesPagurus minutus
Chilean Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus edwardsii
Greenmark Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus caurinus
Pagurus maclaughlinae
speciesPagurus maclaughlinae
Pagurus angustus
speciesPagurus angustus
Pagurus filholi
speciesPagurus filholi
Patagonian Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus comptus
Alaskan Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus ochotensis
Blue-striped Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus liochele
Pagurus traversi
speciesPagurus traversi
Shortfinger Hermit
speciesPagurus brevidactylus
Pagurus sinuatus
speciesPagurus sinuatus
Indo-Pacific Hairy Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus hirtimanus
Pagurus kulkarnii
speciesPagurus kulkarnii
Dimpled Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus impressus
Western Atlantic Hairy Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus arcuatus
Bandclaw Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus redondoensis
Pagurus hartae
speciesPagurus hartae
Pagurus decimbranchiae
speciesPagurus decimbranchiae
Northern Atlantic Hairy Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus pubescens
Bluespine Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus kennerlyi
Pagurus pitagsaleei
speciesPagurus pitagsaleei
Pagurus japonicus
speciesPagurus japonicus
Stevens' Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus stevensae
Pagurus nigrofascia
speciesPagurus nigrofascia
Pagurus middendorffii
speciesPagurus middendorffii
Brown Banded Hermit
speciesPagurus annulipes
Pagurus spilocarpus
speciesPagurus spilocarpus
Pagurus lanuginosus
speciesPagurus lanuginosus
Pagurus criniticornis
speciesPagurus criniticornis
Pagurus hedleyi
speciesPagurus hedleyi
Pagurus perlatus
speciesPagurus perlatus
Pagurus nigrivittatus
speciesPagurus nigrivittatus
Whiteknee Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus dalli
Aleutican Hermit Crab
speciesPagurus aleuticus
Pagurus lepidus
speciesPagurus lepidus
Dovesnail Hermit
speciesPagurus quaylei
Pagurus maculosus
speciesPagurus maculosus
Pagurus trigonocheirus
speciesPagurus trigonocheirus
Pagurus brachiomastus
speciesPagurus brachiomastus
Pagurus proximus
speciesPagurus proximus
Pagurus rathbuni
speciesPagurus rathbuni
Pagurus villosus
speciesPagurus villosus
Pagurus albidianthus
speciesPagurus albidianthus
Pagurus tenuilineatus
speciesPagurus tenuilineatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch — Schnecken und Muscheln (1770)
Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch · 1770 · p.121
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.117
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.570
The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2
Mark Catesby · 1743 · p.115
Books on Marine Fishes
Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.582
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.305
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.571
Musaeum metallicum
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1648 · p.472
Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)
Mark Catesby · 1750 · p.115
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48173.