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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.

Profilbild Urheber Dan Schofield, UK

Pagurus brevidactylus,West Bay, Cayman Islands 2026 (CC BY)


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lexID:
13369 
AphiaID:
366662 
Scientific:
Pagurus brevidactylus 
German:
Kurzfinger-Einsiedlerkrebs 
English:
Shortfinger Hermit Crab 
Category:
Eremitkrebs 
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 Cayman Islands, 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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-02-20 15:56:27 

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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

  1. Crusta (en). Abgerufen am 18.11.2020.
  2. Hermit crabs from Brazil / Plazi (en). Abgerufen am 18.11.2020.
  3. Invertebase (en). Abgerufen am 18.11.2020.
  4. Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (en). Abgerufen am 18.11.2020.
  5. 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.
  6. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 25.01.2024.
  7. 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.
  8. 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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Pagurus brevidactylus,West Bay, Cayman Islands 2026 (CC BY)
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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