Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

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)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Anomura (Infraorder)
      └Paguroidea (Superfamily)
       └Diogenidae (Family)
        └Paguristes (Genus)

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