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Armed Hermit Crab

Pagurus armatus

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) neild, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 18, February 17, March 26, April 31, May 48, June 42, July 33, August 30, September 26, October 21, November 17, December 17.
Canada321
British Columbia321
United States174
Washington140
California29
Alaska13
Oregon5

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
FamilyPagurid Hermit Crabs · Paguridae
GenusPagurus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Armed Hermit Crab with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.