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Blueband Hermit Crab

Pagurus samuelis

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 608, February 527, March 548, April 680, May 660, June 486, July 416, August 424, September 538, October 549, November 706, December 545.
California10,415
United States6,799
Canada200
British Columbia200
Oregon78
Washington42
Mexico19
Baja California19
Kansas2

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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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