Pagurus pectinatus hermit crab

Pagurus pectinatus is commonly referred to as hermit crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: facile. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Alexander Semenov, Russland

Pagurus pectinatus, 2011

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lexID:: 11978
AphiaID:: 366745

Scientific:: Pagurus pectinatus
German:: Einsiedlerkrebs
English:: Hermit Crab

Category:: bernard l'ermite

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Paguridae (Family) > Pagurus (Genus) > pectinatus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Stimpson, ), 1858

Occurrence:: Russland, East Coast Australia, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Asia, Australia, China, Congo, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Corea, East-Atlantic Ocean, Japan, North Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Queensland (Australia), Senegal, West Africa
Sea depth:: 4 - 71 Meter
Size:: 0.39" - 0.39" (1,6cm - 1,9cm)
Temperature:: 66.2 °F - 82.4 °F (19°C - 28°C)
Food:: No reliable information available
Difficulty:: facile
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

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Pagurus aleuticus
Pagurus annexus
Pagurus annulipes
Pagurus arcuatus
Behaarter Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus armatus
Schwarzaugen-Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus beringanus
Bering Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus bernhardus
Gemeiner Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus bonairensis
Pagurus bouvieri
Pagurus brandti
Pagurus brevidactylus
Kurzfinger-Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus bullisi
Pagurus capillatus
Pagurus carolinensis
Pagurus caurinus
Greenmark-Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus confragosus
Pagurus corallinus
Pagurus cornutus
Pagurus criniticornis
Pagurus cuanensis
Behaarter Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus curacaoensis
Pagurus dalli
Pagurus defensus
Pagurus dissimilis
Pagurus granosimanus
Granulierter Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus gymnodactylus
Pagurus hemphilli
Kastanienbrauner Einsiedler
Pagurus hirsutiusculus
Haariger Einsiedler
Pagurus impressus
Pagurus kennerlyi
Pagurus kroyeri
Pagurus longicarpus
Langarm-Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus maclaughlinae
McLaughlins Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus marshi
Pagurus mertensii
Pagurus middendorfii
Pagurus ochotensis
Pagurus politus
Pagurus pollicaris
Pagurus prideauxi
Pagurus provenzanoi
Provenzanos Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus pubescens
Behaarter Einsiedler
Pagurus pygmaeus
Pagurus quaylei
Pagurus rathbuni
Pagurus redondoensis
Pagurus retrorsimanus
Gebogene Hand Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus rotundimanus
Pagurus samuelis
Blauband-Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus setosus
Pagurus spighti
Pagurus spilocarpus
Pagurus stevensae
Pagurus stimpsoni
Pagurus tanneri
Pagurus townsendi
Pagurus trigonocheirus
Pagurus undosus
Pagurus venturensis

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2019-02-20 13:54:29
Last edit:: 2024-05-05 22:00:51

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Pagurus pectinatus (Stimpson, 1858)

Commensal with the sponge Suberites domuncula. Similar to Pagurus kennerlyi (Stimpson, 1854)

Frequently lives in colony of the sponge,Suberites domuncula uses gastropod shells and calcareous polychaete tubes.

Synonymised names
Clibanarius japonicus Rathbun, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eupagurus pectinatus Stimpson, 1858 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Eupagurus seriespinosus Thallwitz, 1891 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

Nat.Hist. Res., Special Issue No.7: 323-337, March 2000 (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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