Paguristes sericeus Blue-Eye Hermit Crab

Paguristes sericeusis commonly referred to as Blue-Eye Hermit Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Blue Eyed Hermit Crab, Paguristes sericeus

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Scientific:: Paguristes sericeus
German:: Blauaugen Einsiedlerkrebs
English:: Blue-Eye Hermit Crab

Category:: Hermit Crabs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Paguristes (Genus) > sericeus (Species)
Initial determination:: A. Milne-Edwards, 1880

Occurrence:: Florida, Gulf of Mexico, The Bahamas, the Caribbean
Sea depth:: 9 - 146 Meter
Size:: 0.79" - 2.36" (2,5cm - 6cm)
Temperature:: 66.2 °F - 78.8 °F (19°C - 26°C)
Food:: omnivore
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

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:: 2019-07-11 20:41:36
Last edit:: 2020-02-12 13:28:54

Info

Paguristes sericeus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880

Eye stalks yellow-orange, eyes blue.

Synonymised names
Paguristes rectrifrons Benedict, 1901 (junior synonym)
Paguristes tenuirostris Benedict, 1901 (junior synonym)

Scientific paper

Juvenile Morphology and the Development of Taxonomic Characters in Paguristes sericeus A. Milne-Edwards (Decapoda, Diogenidae), Anthony J. Provenzano Jr. and Anthony L. Rice, 1966
The zoeal stages and the glaucothoe of Paguristes sericeus A. Milne-Edwards (Anomura, Diogenidea) : Rice Anthony L. and Anthony J. Provenzano Jr., 1965. Crustaceana 8 (3): 239–254, , 1966
The Zoeal Stages and the Glaucothoe of Paguristes sericeus A. Milne-Edwards (Anomura, Diogenidae), Anthony L. Rice and Anthony J. Provenzano Jr., 1965

External links

Reefguide (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Commonly

bhb 19 P6241253, Blue Eyed Hermit Crab, Paguristes sericeus, 2019

Blue Eyed Hermit Crab, Paguristes sericeus

bhb 21 P5286594,Blue-eyed Hermit Crab, Florida

bhb 21 P3315631,Blue-eyed Hermit Crab, , Paguristes sericeus, Florida 2021

Foto: Laguna de Terminos, Isla Aguada, Campeche, Golf von Mexiko

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