Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Blue-Eye Hermit Crab
Paguristes sericeus
Blue-Eye Hermit Crab
Category: Left-Handed Hermits
Scientific Name: Paguristes sericeus
Size: 1 to 2.5 in. (2.5 to 6 cm)  
Depth: 30-450 ft. (10-137 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Florida, Bahamas
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Anomura (Infraorder)
      └Paguroidea (Superfamily)
       └Diogenidae (Family)
        └Paguristes (Genus)

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