Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Red Reef Hermit Crab
Paguristes cadenati
Red Reef Hermit Crab
Category: Left-Handed Hermits
Scientific Name: Paguristes cadenati
Size: 0.5 to 1 in. (1.2 to 2.5 cm)  
Depth: 25-100 ft. (8-30 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, South Florida
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Anomura (Infraorder)
      └Paguroidea (Superfamily)
       └Diogenidae (Family)
        └Paguristes (Genus)

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