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Coral Hermit Crabs
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Coral Hermit Crabs

Paguritta

Paguritta is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Paguridae, known as coral hermit crabs. Atypically for hermit crabs, this genus comprises species which live within polychaete tubes associated with corals (such as those of Spirobranchus giganteus), or bore their own holes in living coral, depending on species. They feed by filtering using their modified antennae equipped with setae and setules.

There are seven species assigned to this genus:

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Coral Hermit Crab

speciesPaguritta corallicola

Striped Coral Hermit Crab

speciesPaguritta vittata

Paguritta harmsi

speciesPaguritta harmsi

Kropp's Coral Hermit Crab

speciesPaguritta kroppi

Paguritta morgani

speciesPaguritta morgani

Paguritta gracilipes

speciesPaguritta gracilipes

Paguritta scottae

speciesPaguritta scottae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 193913.