Pagurus longicarpus

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Pagurus longicarpus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Paguridae
Genus: Pagurus
Species: P. longicarpus
Binomial name
Pagurus longicarpus[1]
(Say, 1817)

Pagurus longicarpus, the long-clawed hermit crab, is a small (up to ½ in) common subtidal decapod ranging out to 150 feet deep found living in shells from periwinkles, oyster drills, and eastern mud snails.

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  1. ^ Pagurus longicarpus (TSN 97807). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.