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Common Hermit Crab

Pagurus bernhardus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,840, February 1,359, March 2,130, April 3,350, May 4,831, June 5,268, July 5,637, August 4,847, September 3,559, October 2,656, November 1,452, December 1,135.
United States38,104
Alaska38,063
United Kingdom720
England429
Netherlands194
Scotland156
Zeeland121
Northern Ireland69
Wales66
Denmark38

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Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilyPagurid Hermit Crabs · Paguridae
GenusPagurus

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