Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Hairy Hermit Crab
Paguristes sp.
Hairy Hermit Crab
Category: Left-Handed Hermits
Scientific Name: Paguristes sp.
Size: Up to 1 in. (2.5 cm)  
Distribution: Cayman Islands
Note: undescribed species and tentative genus. Range outside Cayman Islands unknown.
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Anomura (Infraorder)
      └Paguroidea (Superfamily)
       └Diogenidae (Family)
        └Paguristes (Genus)

Crustaceans
Left-Handed Hermits

Hairy Hermit Crab

Giant Hermit Crab

Orangeclaw Hermit Crab

Blue-Legged Hermit Crab

Bareye Hermit Crab

Stareye Hermit Crab

Red Reef Hermit Crab

Red-Banded Hermit Crab

White Speckled Hermit Crab

Blue-Eye Hermit Crab



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