furry hermit

Paguristes ulreyi

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Diogenidae

Paguristes ulreyi, or the furry hermit crab, is a hermit crab in the family Diogenidae. It is known for its furry body, which allows it to capture detritus. It lives in the waters of California in the Pacific Ocean and can be up to an inch wide.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 75Mexico · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Lightning Star Sky / Skyler Noah Wall, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionPaguristes ulreyi, Wikipedia contributors

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