Paguristes eremita Eye-spot hermit crab

Paguristes eremitais commonly referred to as Eye-spot hermit crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Paguristes eremita © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland,Bild aus der Adria

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Scientific:: Paguristes eremita
German:: Augenfleck-Einsiedlerkrebs
English:: Eye-spot Hermit Crab

Category:: Hermit Crabs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Paguristes (Genus) > eremita (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1767

Occurrence:: Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), East-Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa
Size:: up to 0.79" (2 cm)
Temperature:: 50 °F - 73.4 °F (10°C - 23°C)
Food:: Detritus
Tank:: 22 gal (~ 100L)
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
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:: 2013-12-21 17:57:30
Last edit:: 2013-12-21 17:57:30

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Paguristes eremita (Linnaeus, 1767)

The Eyespot Hermit Crab Paguristes eremita lives in shells, which are colonized by sponges and sea anemones.It lives on sandy and muddy bottoms and feeds on dead organic material.

Synonymised names
Cancer eremita Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Paguristes maculatus (Risso, 1827) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paguristes oculatus (Fabricius, 1775) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pagurus maculatus Risso, 1827 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pagurus oculatus Fabricius, 1775 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Scientific paper

Description of the male reproductive system of Paguristes eremita (Anomura, Diogenidae) and its placement in a phylogeny of diogenid species based on spermatozoal and spermatophore ultrastructure, Tina Tirelli; Daniele Silvestro; Daniela Pessani; Christopher C. Tudge, 2010

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Paguristes eremita © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland,Bild aus der Adria

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