Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas and

Caribbean Reefs

Red-Banded Hermit Crab
Paguristes erythrops
Red-Banded Hermit Crab
Category: Left-Handed Hermits
Scientific Name: Paguristes erythrops
Size: Up to 4 in. (10 cm)  
Depth: 2-130 ft. (1-40 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Anomura (Infraorder)
        └Paguroidea (Superfamily)
         └Diogenidae (Family)
          └Paguristes (Genus)
           └P. erythrops (Species)
WoRMS ID: 368224🔗
iNaturalist ID: 260467🔗

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