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Northern Atlantic Hairy Hermit Crab

Pagurus pubescens

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 106, February 78, March 122, April 192, May 277, June 302, July 323, August 278, September 204, October 152, November 83, December 65.
United States2,269
Alaska2,183
Canada719
Quebec324
Newfoundland and Labrador248
Nunavut72
Massachusetts46
Nova Scotia39
Maine35
New Brunswick33

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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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