Name
Pagurus
hermit crab
Framing
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Eucarida
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Paguridae
Genus: Pagurus
Habitat
Marine, benthic, on all seabeds, inside gastropod shells
Feeding
Omnivore (mainly scavenger and saprophagous)
Distribution
Cosmopolitan
Conservation status
Not evaluated
Additional information
Abdomen unsegmented, asymmetrical, appendages of the abdomen of soft membranous consistency. Symbiotic relationships with different species: sponges, anemones, hydroids that stick to the shell.
Additional information
Bibliography
- Briffa, M. & Bibost, A. (2009). Effects of shell size on behavioural consistency and flexibility in hermit crabs. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 87, 597-603. DOI: 10.1139/Z09-047
- Brooks, W.R. & Mariscal, R.N. (1986). Population variation and behavioral changes in two pagurids in association with the sea anemone Calliactistricolor (Lesueur). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 103, 275-289. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(86)90146-2
- McLaughlin, P.A., Komai, T., Lemaitre, R. & Rahayu, D.L. (2010). Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea) Part I. Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 23, 5-107.