Pagurus longicarpus

Pagurus longicarpus

Taxobox
name = "Pagurus longicarpus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
familia = Paguridae
genus = "Pagurus"
species = "P. longicarpus"
binomial = "Pagurus longicarpus"ITIS|ID=97807|taxon="Pagurus longicarpus"]
binomial_authority = (Say, 1817)

"Pagurus longicarpus", the long-clawed hermit crab, is a small (up to ½ in) common subtidal decapod ranging out to 150 feet deep found living in shells from periwinkles, oyster drills, and eastern mud snails.

External links

* [http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?allSpecies=y&searchText=longicarpus&curGroupID=8&lgfromWhere=&curPageNum=1 ENature page on "P. longicarpus"]
* [http://www.mbl.edu/marine_org/marine_org.php?func=detail&myID=BX101 MBL Marine Organisms Database page]

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