Other animals › Left-handed Hermit Crabs
Giant Hermit Crab
Petrochirus diogenes
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Caribbean Land Hermit CrabCoenobita clypeatus
White-speckled HermitPaguristes puncticeps
Stareye HermitDardanus venosus
Bareye HermitDardanus fucosus
Blue-eye HermitPaguristes sericeus
Dimpled Hermit CrabPagurus impressus
Thinstripe Hermit CrabClibanarius vittatus
Paguristes erythrops
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 955 |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 36 |
| Texas | 32 |
| Brazil | 16 |
| Mexico | 15 |
| South Carolina | 13 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 11 |
| Quintana Roo | 9 |
| Sao Paulo | 8 |
| Panama | 6 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Malacostracans · Malacostraca |
| Order | Decapods · Decapoda |
| Family | Left-handed Hermit Crabs · Diogenidae |
| Genus | Petrochirus |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Giant Hermit Crab with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.