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Furry Hermit Crab

Paguristes ulreyi

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 17, February 15, March 16, April 19, May 19, June 14, July 12, August 12, September 15, October 16, November 20, December 16.
United States184
California184
Canada26
British Columbia26

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilyLeft-handed Hermit Crabs · Diogenidae
GenusPaguristes

Sources

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