Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

White Speckled Hermit Crab
Paguristes puncticeps
White Speckled Hermit Crab
Category: Left-Handed Hermits
Scientific Name: Paguristes puncticeps
Size: 3 to 5 in. (8 to 13 cm)  
Depth: 2-130 ft. (1-40 m)
Distribution: Caribbean
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Anomura (Infraorder)
        └Paguroidea (Superfamily)
         └Diogenidae (Family)
          └Paguristes (Genus)
           └P. puncticeps (Species)

Crustaceans
Left-Handed Hermits

White Speckled Hermit Crab

Blue-Eye Hermit Crab

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



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