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Pagurus hirsutiusculus (hairy hermit)

Synonyms: Bernhardus hirsutiusculus; Eupagurus hirsutiusculus; Pagurus hirsutiusculus hirsutiusculus

Wikipedia Abstract

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).
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Predators

Bucephala islandica (Barrow's Goldeneye)[1]
Rhacochilus vacca (Pile surfperch)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Microphallus pirum[3]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Winter food habits of Barrow's Goldeneyes in southeast Alaska, Philip S. Koehl, Thomas C. Rothe, and Dirk V. Derkson, Canadian Wildlife Service, 1984
♦ 2Food Web Relationships of Northern Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca : a Synthesis of the Available Knowledge, Charles A. Simenstad, Bruce S. Miller, Carl F. Nyblade, Kathleen Thornburgh, and Lewis J. Bledsoe, EPA-600 7-29-259 September 1979
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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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