Paguristes tortugae Bandeye hermit

Paguristes tortugaeis commonly referred to as Bandeye hermit. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 30 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Paguristes tortugae
German:: Einsiedlerkrebs
English:: Bandeye Hermit

Category:: Hermit Crabs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Paguristes (Genus) > tortugae (Species)
Initial determination:: Schmitt, 1933

Occurrence:: Florida, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, USA
Temperature:: 73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C)
Food:: Algae, Brine Shrimps, Carrion, Krill
Tank:: 6.6 gal (~ 30L)
Difficulty:: Easy
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

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:: 2013-07-19 23:26:00
Last edit:: 2017-04-10 20:37:36

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The common name is Bandeye hermit crab.Paguristes tortugae lives in Carribean Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico.

It is not yet known ,whether all the photos show the Paguristes tortugae (because they have different shades).

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Anomura (Infraorder) > Paguroidea (Superfamily) > Diogenidae (Family) > Paguristes (Genus)

Scientific paper

Egg Production Strategies of the Tropical Hermit Crab Paguristes tortugae from Brazil, Fernando L. M. Mantelatto, Vera F. Alarcon and Renata B. Garcia, 2002

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Florida Fish and Wildlife (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
ITIS Report (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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