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Bandclaw Hermit Crab

Pagurus redondoensis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 3, February 3, March 3, April 10, May 4, June 3, July 4, August 6, September 3, October 3, November 4, December 3.
United States37
California36
Oregon1

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

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