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Paguritta harmsi Tube-Dwelling Hermit Crab, Coral Hermit Crab

Paguritta harmsiis commonly referred to as Tube-Dwelling Hermit Crab, Coral Hermit Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Paguritta harmsi, Copyright Dr.Paddy Ryan


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lexID:
8875 
AphiaID:
366553 
Scientific:
Paguritta harmsi 
German:
Korallen Einsiedlerkrebs 
English:
Tube-Dwelling Hermit Crab, Coral Hermit Crab 
Category:
Hermit Crabs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Paguridae (Family) > Paguritta (Genus) > harmsi (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gordon, ), 1935 
Occurrence:
Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Raja Amat 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 0.39" (1 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-03-22 18:02:03 

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Paguritta harmsi (Gordon, 1935)

Paguritta harmsi is a Rigth-handed Hermit Crab, which inhabit tubes or worm holes in living hard corals.

This Coral Hermit crab is a sessile hermit crab.This species feeds on plankton,that it filters from the water using its long, feathered antennae.

Synonym:
Orthopagurus harmsi

External links

  1. A REVIEW OF THE HERMIT CRAB GENUS PAGURITTA (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. A review of the hermit crab genus Paguritta (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) with descriptions of three new species (Ab Seite 9) (en). Abgerufen am 04.12.2020.

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Hard coral hermit crab (Paguritta harmsi), 2016
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Paguritta harmsi, Copyright Dr.Paddy Ryan
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