Location: Turks and Caicos
Red-Banded Hermit Crab
Paguristes erythrops
Red-Banded Hermit Crab
Category: Left-Handed Hermits
Scientific Name: Paguristes erythrops
Size: Up to 4 in. (10 cm)
Depth: 2-130 ft. (1-40 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas
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. erythrops (Species)
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