#4548 · 🦀 crabs & other crustaceans

Pacific Hairy Hermit Crab

Pagurus hirsutiusculus

🦀 Crabs & other crustaceans 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Donna Pomeroy · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Erin McKittrick · CC BY 4.0
3. © Marilynne Box · CC BY 4.0
4. © Hakai Institute · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites, Colwood, BC, CA:© Sarah MacGregor · CC BY 4.0
6. North Pacific Ocean, OR, US:© scutler2 · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Capital, CA-BC, CA:© Tumtumtree · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Chehalis River, Westport, WA, US:© temporary_name · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. WA, US:© okamee · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:© jmclatchie · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Pagurus hirsutiusculus is a species of hermit crab, commonly called the hairy hermit crab . It lives from the Bering Strait south to California and Japan, from the intertidal zone to a depth of 110 m (360 ft).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,235iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
9,235 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by James Dwight Dana in 1851 (175 years ago).