flatclaw hermit

Pagurus pollicaris

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Paguridae

Pagurus pollicaris is a hermit crab commonly found along the Atlantic coast of North America from New Brunswick to the Gulf of Mexico. It is known by a number of common names, including gray hermit crab, flat-clawed hermit crab, flatclaw hermit crab, shield hermit crab, thumb-clawed hermit crab, broad-clawed hermit crab, and warty hermit crab. P.

Distribution

flatclaw hermit — (c) inbetweenbays, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 678

Sources and credits

Photo(c) inbetweenbays, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionPagurus pollicaris, Wikipedia contributors

flatclaw hermit

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