Pagurus brevidactylus Shortfinger Hermit Crab

Pagurus brevidactylus is commonly referred to as Shortfinger Hermit Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Shortfinger Hermit Crab, Pagurus brevidactylus, Florida 2018

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AphiaID:: 366662

Scientific:: Pagurus brevidactylus
German:: Kurzfinger-Einsiedlerkrebs
English:: Shortfinger Hermit Crab

Category:: Eremittkreps

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Paguridae (Family) > Pagurus (Genus) > brevidactylus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Stimpson, ), 1859

Occurrence:: Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, North Atlantic Ocean, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South America (Western Atlantic Ocean), The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 0 - 50 Meter
Habitats:: Algae zones, Coral reefs, Rocky reefs, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Stony Soils
Size:: 1,8 cm
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 27,7 °F (22°C - 27,7°C)
Food:: Amphipods, Carnivore, Carrion, Copepods, Coral spawn, Detritus, Fish eggs, Lobster eggs, No reliable information available, Shrimps
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Pagurus acadianus
Acadia-Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus aleuticus
Pagurus annexus
Pagurus annulipes
Pagurus arcuatus
Behaarter Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus armatus
Schwarzaugen-Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus beringanus
Bering Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus bernhardus
Gemeiner Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus bonairensis
Pagurus bouvieri
Pagurus brandti
Pagurus brevidactylus
Kurzfinger-Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus bullisi
Pagurus capillatus
Pagurus carolinensis
Pagurus caurinus
Greenmark-Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus confragosus
Pagurus corallinus
Pagurus cornutus
Pagurus criniticornis
Pagurus cuanensis
Behaarter Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus curacaoensis
Pagurus dalli
Pagurus defensus
Pagurus dissimilis
Pagurus granosimanus
Granulierter Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus gymnodactylus
Pagurus hemphilli
Kastanienbrauner Einsiedler
Pagurus hirsutiusculus
Haariger Einsiedler
Pagurus impressus
Pagurus kennerlyi
Pagurus kroyeri
Pagurus longicarpus
Langarm-Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus maclaughlinae
McLaughlins Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus marshi
Pagurus mertensii
Pagurus middendorfii
Pagurus ochotensis
Pagurus politus
Pagurus pollicaris
Pagurus prideauxi
Pagurus provenzanoi
Provenzanos Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus pubescens
Behaarter Einsiedler
Pagurus pygmaeus
Pagurus quaylei
Pagurus rathbuni
Pagurus redondoensis
Pagurus retrorsimanus
Gebogene Hand Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus rotundimanus
Pagurus samuelis
Blauband-Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus setosus
Pagurus spighti
Pagurus spilocarpus
Pagurus stevensae
Pagurus stimpsoni
Pagurus tanneri
Pagurus townsendi
Pagurus trigonocheirus
Pagurus undosus
Pagurus venturensis

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2020-11-18 15:42:14
Last edit:: 2024-01-25 13:28:07

Info

Pagurus brevidactylus (Stimpson, 1859)

Can be ffound in shallow waters to 50 m, on sandy and rocky substrates, and algae banks.

Synonyms:
Eupagurus brevidactylus Stimpson, 1859
Pagurus brevidactilus Scelzo & Boschi, 1973
Pagurus miamensis Provenzano, 1959
Pagurus miamensis uncifer Forest & de Saint Laurent, 1968

External links

Crusta (en). Abgerufen am 18.11.2020.
Hermit crabs from Brazil / Plazi (en). Abgerufen am 18.11.2020.
Invertebase (en). Abgerufen am 18.11.2020.
Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (en). Abgerufen am 18.11.2020.
Population structure and growth of the hermit crab Pagurus brevidactylus (Anomura: Paguridae) from the northern coast of Sao Paulo, Brazi (en). Abgerufen am 18.11.2020.
sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 25.01.2024.
Shell occupation as a limiting factor for Pagurus brevidactylus (Stimpson, 1859) in the Marine State Park of Laje de Santos, Brazil (en). Abgerufen am 18.11.2020.
The importance of shell occupation and shell availability in the hermit crab Pagurus brevidactylus (Stimpson, 1859) (Paguridae) population from the southern Atlantic (en). Abgerufen am 18.11.2020.

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Shortfinger Hermit Crab, Pagurus brevidactylus, Florida 2018

Shortfinger Hermit Crab, Pagurus brevidactylus, Florida, USA 2019

bhb 18 P4072854 Shortfinger Hermit Crab, Pagurus brevidactylus 2018

Foto: Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Golf von Mexiko

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