Common name of Pylopaguropsis keijii
 
Common Name Keui's hermit crab
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official Trade Name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Hawaii
Locality
Ref. Meadows, D.W. and A. Kane, 2006
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core behavior
1st Modifier habitat/ecology
2nd Modifier person (eponym)
Remarks 'crab' from Old English 'ceorfan', i.e., 'to curve'; 'hermit', from Greek 'eremos', i.e., 'desolate', 'solitude'.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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