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Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Paguridae right-handed hermit crabs

Genus: Pagurus

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83 species (see list below)
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Harvey-Clark, Chris

Atlantic Ocean.

Pagurus acadianusBenedict, 1901

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Pagurus acadianus
[Acadian hermit crab]
No picture found
 
Pagurus alarius
[]
No picture found
 
Pagurus alatus
[American smooth flounder]
No picture found
 
Pagurus aleuticus
[Aleutican hermit]
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Pagurus annexus
[]
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Pagurus annulipes
[]

Harvey-Clark, Chris

Atlantic Ocean.

Pagurus arcuatusSquires, 1964

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Pagurus arcuatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.9 cm CL
 
Pagurus armatus
[Armed hermit]
No picture found
 
Pagurus beringanus
[Bering hermit]
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Pagurus bernhardus
[Common hermit crab]
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Pagurus bonairensis
[]
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Pagurus boriaustraliensis
[]
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Pagurus bouvieri
[]
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Pagurus brandti
[Sponge hermit]
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Pagurus brevidactylus
[]
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Pagurus bullisi
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Pagurus capillatus
["dirty harry"]
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Pagurus carolinensis
[Wormreef hermit]
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Pagurus caurinus
[Greenmark hermit]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Southern Oceans.
Max. Length 0.8 cm CL
Pagurus comptusWhite, 1847

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Pagurus comptus
[]
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Pagurus conformis
[]
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Pagurus confragosus
[Knobbyhand hermit]
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Pagurus cornutus
[Hornyhand hermit]
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Pagurus criniticornis
[]
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Pagurus cuanensis
[Hairy hermit crab]
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Pagurus curacaoensis
[]
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Pagurus dalli
[Whiteknee hermit]
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Pagurus defensus
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Pagurus deformis
[]
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Pagurus dissimilis
[]
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Pagurus edwardsii
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Pagurus excavatus
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Pagurus filholi
[]
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Pagurus forbesii
[]
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Pagurus forceps
[]
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Pagurus granosimanus
[Grainyhand hermit]
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Pagurus gymnodactylus
[]
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Pagurus hedleyi
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Max. Length 1.4 cm CL
 
Pagurus hemphilli
[Maroon hermit]
No picture found
 
Pagurus hirsutiusculus
[Hairy hermit]
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Pagurus hirtimanus
[]
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Pagurus imaii
[]
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Pagurus impressus
[Palmate hermit crab]
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Pagurus iridocarpus
[]
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Pagurus kalkarnii
[]
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Pagurus kennerlyi
[Bluespine hermit]
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Pagurus kroyeri
[]
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Pagurus kulkarnii
[]
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Pagurus longicarpus
[Longwrist hermit]
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Pagurus macardlei
[]
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Pagurus maclaughlinae
[]
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Pagurus marshi
[]
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Pagurus mertensii
[]
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Pagurus nesiotes
[]
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Pagurus ochotensis
[Alaskan hermit]
No picture found
 
Pagurus pergranulatus
[]
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Pagurus perlatus
[]
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Pagurus politus
[]

O'Keefe, Jo

Western Atlantic Ocean.

Pagurus pollicarisSay, 1817

Photo by O'Keefe, Jo
 
Pagurus pollicaris
[Gray hermit crab]

Coudre, Christian

Northeast Atlantic and th

Pagurus prideauxLeach, 1815

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Pagurus prideaux
[Prideaux's hermit crab]
No picture found
 
Pagurus provenzanoi
[]
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Pagurus pubescens
[]
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Pagurus pygmaeus
[]
No picture found
 
Pagurus quaylei
[Quayle's hermit]
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Pagurus rathbuni
[Longfinger hermit]
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Pagurus redondoensis
[Bandclaw hermit]
No picture found
 
Pagurus retrorsimanus
[]
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Pagurus rotundimanus
[]
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Pagurus samuelis
[Blueband hermit]
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Pagurus setifer
[]
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Pagurus setosus
[Setose hermit]
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Pagurus sinuatus
[]
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Pagurus spighti
[]
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Pagurus spilocarpus
[Spotwrist hermit]
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Pagurus stevensae
[Stevens hermit]
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Pagurus stimpsoni
[]
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Pagurus tanneri
[Longhand hermit]
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Pagurus tenuilineatus
[]
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Pagurus townsendi
[]
No picture found
 
Pagurus trigonocheirus
[Fuzzy hermit]
No picture found
 
Pagurus undosus
[Pribilof hermit]
No picture found
 
Pagurus venturensis
[]
No picture found
 
Pagurus villosus
[Small villosus hermit crab]


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