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Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) |
---|---|---|---|
Pagurus acadianus Benedict, 1901 |
Acadian hermit crab | Atlantic Ocean | |
Pagurus alatus Fabricius, 1775 |
American smooth flounder | Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean | |
Pagurus aleuticus (Benedict, 1892) |
Aleutican hermit | East Pacific | |
Pagurus annulipes (Stimpson, 1860) |
Western Atlantic | ||
Pagurus arcuatus Squires, 1964 |
Atlantic Ocean | ||
Pagurus armatus (Dana, 1851) |
Armed hermit | Eastern Pacific | 1.9 |
Pagurus beringanus (Benedict, 1892) |
Bering hermit | Northeast Pacific | |
Pagurus bernhardus (Linnaeus, 1972) |
Common hermit crab | Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean | |
Pagurus bonairensis unspecified |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
Pagurus boriaustraliensis Morgan, 1990 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
Pagurus brandti (Benedict, 1892) |
Sponge hermit | East Pacific | |
Pagurus brevidactylus (Stimpson, 1859) |
Southwest Atlantic | ||
Pagurus bullisi Wass, 1963 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
Pagurus capillatus (Benedict, 1892) |
"dirty harry" | Arctic and Pacific Ocean | |
Pagurus carolinensis McLaughlin, 1975 |
Wormreef hermit | Western Atlantic Ocean | |
Pagurus caurinus Hart, 1971 |
Greenmark hermit | Eastern Pacific | |
Pagurus comptus White, 1847 |
Southern Oceans | 0.76 | |
Pagurus conformis (De Haan, 1849) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
Pagurus confragosus (Benedict, 1892) |
Knobbyhand hermit | East Pacific | |
Pagurus cornutus (Benedict, 1892) |
Hornyhand hermit | East Pacific | |
Pagurus criniticornis (Dana, 1852) |
Southwest Atlantic | ||
Pagurus cuanensis Bell, 1845 |
Hairy hermit crab | Northeast Atlantic | |
Pagurus curacaoensis (Benedict, 1892) |
Western Atlantic | ||
Pagurus dalli (Benedict, 1892) |
Whiteknee hermit | Eastern Pacific | |
Pagurus defensus (Benedict, 1892) |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
Pagurus deformis Milne-Edwards |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
Pagurus edwardsii (Dana, 1852) |
Southeast Pacific | ||
Pagurus excavatus (Herbst, 1791) |
Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea | ||
Pagurus filholi (de Man, 1887) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
Pagurus forbesii Bell, 1845 |
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean | ||
Pagurus forceps Milne Edwards, 1836 |
Southern Oceans | ||
Pagurus granosimanus (Stimpson, 1859) |
Grainyhand hermit | Eastern Pacific | |
Pagurus gymnodactylus Lemaitre, 1982 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
Pagurus hedleyi (Grant & McCulloch, 1906) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
Pagurus hemphilli (Benedict, 1892) |
Maroon hermit | Eastern Pacific | 1.4 |
Pagurus hirsutiusculus (Dana, 1851) |
Hairy hermit | Eastern Pacific | |
Pagurus hirtimanus (Miers, 1880) |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Pagurus imaii (Yokoya, 1939) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
Pagurus impressus (Benedict, 1892) |
Palmate hermit crab | Western Atlantic Ocean | |
Pagurus iridocarpus de Saint Laurent & McLaughlin, 2000 |
Southwest Pacific | ||
Pagurus kalkarnii Sankoli, 1962 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Pagurus kennerlyi (Stimpson, 1864) |
Bluespine hermit | Eastern Pacific | |
Pagurus kulkarnii Sankolli, 1962 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Pagurus longicarpus Say, 1817 |
Longwrist hermit | Western Atlantic | |
Pagurus macardlei (Alcock, 1905) |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
Pagurus maclaughlinae García Gómez, 1982 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
Pagurus marshi Benedict, 1901 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
Pagurus nesiotes Haig & McLaughlin, 1991 |
Southeast Pacific | ||
Pagurus ochotensis Brandt, 1851 |
Alaskan hermit | Eastern Pacific | |
Pagurus pergranulatus (Henderson, 1896) |
Western Indian Ocean Ocean | ||
Pagurus perlatus Milne Edwards, 1848 |
Southeast Pacific | ||
Pagurus politus (Smith, 1882) |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
Pagurus pollicaris Say, 1817 |
Gray hermit crab | Western Atlantic Ocean | |
Pagurus prideaux Leach, 1815 |
Prideaux's hermit crab | Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean | |
Pagurus pubescens Krøyer, 1838 |
Northern Atlantic and the Arctic | ||
Pagurus pygmaeus unspecified |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
Pagurus quaylei Hart, 1971 |
Quayle's hermit | Eastern Pacific | |
Pagurus rathbuni (Benedict, 1892) |
Longfinger hermit | Arctic and Northern Pacific | |
Pagurus redondoensis Wicksten, 1982 |
Bandclaw hermit | East Pacific | |
Pagurus rotundimanus Wass, 1963 |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
Pagurus samuelis (Stimpson, 1857) |
Blueband hermit | Eastern Pacific | |
Pagurus setifer Milne-Edwards |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
Pagurus setosus (Benedict, 1892) |
Setose hermit | East Pacific | |
Pagurus sinuatus (Stimpson, 1858) |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
Pagurus spilocarpus Haig, 1977 |
Spotwrist hermit | East Pacific | |
Pagurus stevensae Hart, 1971 |
Stevens hermit | Eastern Pacific | |
Pagurus stimpsoni (Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1893) |
Western Central Atlantic | ||
Pagurus tanneri (Benedict, 1892) |
Longhand hermit | East Pacific | |
Pagurus townsendi (Benedict, 1892) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
Pagurus trigonocheirus (Stimpson, 1858) |
Fuzzy hermit | Arctic and Northern Pacific | |
Pagurus undosus (Benedict, 1892) |
Pribilof hermit | East Pacific | |
Pagurus villosus Nicolet, 1849 |
Small villosus hermit crab | Southeast Pacific |