Common name of Epizoanthus paguriphilus
 
Common Name Hermit crab zoanthid
Language English
Type AFS
Official Trade Name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock and D.M. Opresko, 2003
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st Modifier behavior
2nd Modifier habitat/ecology
Remarks 'crab' from Old English 'ceorfan', i.e., 'to curve'; 'hermit', from Greek 'eremos', i.e., 'desolate', 'solitude'; 'zoanthid', i.e., 'zoos', i.e., 'living' and 'anthinus', i.e., 'gathered from flowers'.
 
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