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Long-claw Hermit Crab

Pagurus longicarpus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Massachusetts.January 76, February 69, March 83, April 136, May 252, June 118, July 118, August 164, September 156, October 106, November 78, December 73.
United States4,713
Massachusetts1,824
Canada1,501
Maine747
Nova Scotia506
South Carolina492
Quebec472
North Carolina335
New York335
New Brunswick268

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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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