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Western Atlantic Hairy Hermit Crab

Pagurus arcuatus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Quebec.January 7, February 6, March 9, April 21, May 39, June 26, July 22, August 20, September 17, October 15, November 9, December 8.
Canada344
Quebec197
Newfoundland and Labrador119
United States82
Maine39
Massachusetts30
Nova Scotia17
New Brunswick11
New Jersey7
Virginia2

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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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