#4450 · 🦀 crabs & other crustaceans

Common Hermit Crab

🇳🇱 Gewone Heremietkreeft ·Pagurus bernhardus

🦀 Crabs & other crustaceans 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

Pagurus bernhardus is the common marine hermit crab of Europe's Atlantic coasts. It is sometimes referred to as the common hermit crab or soldier crab . 4 in) long, and is found in both rocky and sandy areas, from the Arctic waters of Iceland, Svalbard and Russia as far south as southern Portugal, but its range does not extend as far as the Mediterranean Sea. It can be found in pools on the...

base stats

NL sightings 209iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,598iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 209 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #15 most seen of the crabs & other crustaceans in NL.
3,598 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).