Other animals › Left-handed Hermit Crabs
White-speckled Hermit
Paguristes puncticeps
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
Giant Hermit CrabPetrochirus diogenes
Queen ConchAliger gigasStudy checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 183 |
|---|---|
| Mexico | 5 |
| Quintana Roo | 5 |
| Panama | 5 |
| Provincia de Bocas del Toro | 5 |
| Colombia | 1 |
| Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina | 1 |
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 | Paguristes |
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 White-speckled Hermit with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.