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Pagurus samuelis (blueband hermit)

Synonyms: Eupagurus samuelis

Wikipedia Abstract

Pagurus samuelis, the blueband hermit crab, is a species of hermit crab from the west coast of North America, and the most common hermit crab in California. It is a small species, with distinctive blue bands on its legs. It prefers to live in the shell of the black turban snail, and is a nocturnal scavenger of algae and carrion.
View Wikipedia Record: Pagurus samuelis

Prey / Diet

Cryptochiton stelleri (Giant Pacific Chiton)[1]

Predators

Clinocottus analis (Woolly sculpin)[2]
Gibbonsia metzi (Striped kelpfish)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2ASPECTS OF ECOLOGY AND LIFE HISTORY OF THE WOOLLY SCULPIN, CLINOCOTTUS ANALIS, FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, ALAN W. WELLS, Calif. Fish and Game 72(4): 213-226 1986
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0