Paguristes cadenati, the red reef hermit crab or scarlet hermit crab, is a small (about 3 centimetres or 1.2 inches across) species of hermit crab with a bright red body and yellow eyestalks that lives in the Caribbean Sea. The specific name honours the French ichthyologist Jean Cadenat (1908-1992), who collected the type specimen and sent it to the French carcinologist Jacques Forest, who described it as a new species.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Red Reef Hermit being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Calcinus laurentae
- Calcinus gaimardii
- Ciliopagurus strigatus
- Calcinus californiensis
- Paguristes frontalis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Diogenidae
- Genus
- Paguristes
- Species
- Paguristes cadenati
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