Location: Dumaguete, Philippines
Orange Hermit Crab
Pseudopaguristes kuekenthali
Orange Hermit Crab
Category: Left-Handed Hermits
Scientific Name: Pseudopaguristes kuekenthali
Synonyms: Paguristes kuekenthali
Size: Up to 0.5 in. (1.5 cm)
Depth: 3-30 ft. (1-10 m)
Distribution: West Pacific
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
└Multicrustacea (Superclass)
└Malacostraca (Class)
└Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
└Eucarida (Superorder)
└Decapoda (Order)
└Pleocyemata (Suborder)
└Anomura (Infraorder)
└Paguroidea (Superfamily)
└Diogenidae (Family)
└Pseudopaguristes (Genus)
└P. kuekenthali (Species)
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