Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas and

Caribbean Reefs

Hairy Hermit Crab
Paguristes karenae
Hairy Hermit Crab
Category: Left-Handed Hermits
Scientific Name: Paguristes karenae
Size: Up to 1 in. (2.5 cm)  
Distribution: Cayman Islands
undescribed species and tentative genus. Range outside Cayman Islands unknown.
Arthropoda (Phylum) Arthropods
└Crustacea (Subphylum) Crustaceans
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass) Typical Crustaceans
  └Malacostraca (Class) Malacostracans
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass) Decapods, Isopods, and Allies
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order) Decapods
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Anomura (Infraorder)
        └Paguroidea (Superfamily) Hermit Crabs
         └Diogenidae (Family) Left-Handed Hermits
          └Paguristes (Genus)
           └P. karenae (Species)
WoRMS ID: 1598319🔗
iNaturalist ID: 1428694🔗

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