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Anapagurus pusillus Hermit crab

Anapagurus pusillus is commonly referred to as 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 Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Anapagurus pusillus,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2025


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lexID:
6390 
AphiaID:
107221 
Scientific:
Anapagurus pusillus 
German:
Einsiedlerkrebs 
English:
Hermit Crab 
Category:
Hermit Crabs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Paguridae (Family) > Anapagurus (Genus) > pusillus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Henderson, 1888 
Occurrence:
Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 
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 - 146 Meter 
Habitats:
Gravel soil, Rocky, hard seabeds, Rubble floors, Seawater, Sea water, Stony Soils 
Temperature:
°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available, omnivore 
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:
  • Anapagurus chiroacanthys
  • Anapagurus levis
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-12-01 14:23:54 

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Anapagurus pusillus Henderson, 1888

The genus Anapagurus belongs to the right-handed hermit crab family, Paguridae. In these hermit crabs, the right claw is larger than the left one.

Unfortunately, no further information is available about Anapagurus pusillus.
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External links

  1. treatment.plazi.org (en). Abgerufen am 21.11.2024.

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Anapagurus pusillus,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2025
Anapagurus pusillus,Las Palmas, Spain 2024
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Anapagurus pusillus, Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2024
Anapagurus pusillus, Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2024

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