Striped Coral Hermit Crab

Paguritta vittata

It is a right-handed hermit crab of the family Paguridae.
Striped Coral Hermit Crab - Paguritta vittata  Fall,Geotagged,Indonesia,Paguritta vittata,Striped Coral Hermit Crab

Appearance

Size to 1 cm. Claws white to cream with three dark stripes. Eyestalks pale with black stripes and yellow-spotted dark eyes. Long feathery antennae.

Distribution

West Pacific.

Habitat

Inhabit tubes in living coral.

References:

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http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=366557
https://www.crabdatabase.info/en/crabs/anomura/paguroidea/paguridae/paguritta/paguritta-vittata-7426
Book: Reef Creature Identification, Tropical Pacific by Paul Humann and Ned Deloach,page 165.
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassMalacostraca
OrderDecapoda
FamilyPaguridae
GenusPaguritta
SpeciesPaguritta vittata
Photographed in
Indonesia