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Grainy Hermit Crab

Pagurus granosimanus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 85, February 79, March 122, April 143, May 222, June 193, July 153, August 136, September 120, October 95, November 77, December 78.
United States2,751
British Columbia1,601
Canada1,494
Washington1,200
California1,191
Alaska292
Oregon76
Kansas4

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

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