Animalia > Arthropoda > Malacostraca > Decapoda > Diogenidae > Paguristes > Paguristes ulreyi

Paguristes ulreyi (furry hermit)

Synonyms: Paguristes occator

Wikipedia Abstract

Paguristes ulreyi, or the furry hermit crab, is a hermit crab in the family Diogenidae. It is known for its furry body, which allows it to capture detritus. It lives in the waters of California in the Pacific Ocean and can be up to an inch wide.
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Predators

Octopus bimaculatus (california two-spot octopus)[1]

External References

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Citations

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♦ 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.
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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