Paguristes turgidus swollen hermit crab, orange hairy hermit

Paguristes turgidusis commonly referred to as swollen hermit crab, orange hairy hermit . Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully.

Chris Grossman, USA

Paguristes turgidus,Sand Flats,West of Point Vicente,Palos Verdes, California,July 24, 2005

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AphiaID:: 368303

Scientific:: Paguristes turgidus
German:: Orange Haariger Einsiedlerkrebs
English:: Swollen Hermit Crab, Orange Hairy Hermit

Category:: Hermit Crabs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Paguristes (Genus) > turgidus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Stimpson, ), 1857

Occurrence:: Eastern Pacific Ocean, USA
Sea depth:: 5 - 465 Meter
Size:: 1.97" - 2.76" (5cm - 7cm)
Temperature:: ~ 6-10°C
Food:: omnivore
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Paguristes angustitheca
Paguristes anomalus
Paguristes bakeri
Paguristes cadenati
Roter Riffeinsiedlerkrebs
Paguristes calliopsis
Paguristes erythrops
Einsiedlerkrebs
Paguristes grayi
Paguristes hernancortezi
Paguristes hewatti
Paguristes hummi
Paguristes inconstans
Paguristes invisisacculus
Paguristes lapillatus
Paguristes laticlavus
Paguristes limonensis
Paguristes lymani
Paguristes moorei
Paguristes oxyophthalmus
Paguristes paraguanensis
Paguristes parvus
Paguristes perplexus
Paguristes puncticeps
Weissgepunkteter Einsiedlerkrebs
Paguristes sericeus
Blauaugen Einsiedlerkrebs
Paguristes spinipes
Paguristes starcki
Paguristes starki
Paguristes tenuirostris
Paguristes tortugae
Einsiedlerkrebs
Paguristes triangulatus
Paguristes turgidus
Orange Haariger Einsiedlerkrebs
Paguristes ulreyi
Pelziger Einsiedlerkrebs
Paguristes wassi
Wass's-Einsiedlerkrebs

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2018-11-06 14:12:00
Last edit:: 2018-11-06 14:12:51

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Paguristes turgidus (Stimpson, 1857)

Synonymised names.
Clibanarius turgidus (Stimpson, 1857) (transferred to Paguristes by Stimpson (1858))
Eupagurus turgidus Stimpson, 1859 (delayed publication; species redescribed as Clibanarius turgidus by Stimpson (1857))
Paguristes turgides Gordan, 1956 (misspelling )

External links

Diver.net Chris Grossman's Underwater Photography (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
inverts.wallawalla.edu (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Paguristes turgidus,Sand Flats,West of Point Vicente,Palos Verdes, California,July 24, 2005

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