Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Western Atlantic Hairy Hermit Crab 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
- Pagurus bernhardus
- Pagurus caurinus
- Pagurus acadianus
- Pagurus beringanus
- Pagurus granosimanus
- Paguristes ulreyi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Paguridae
- Genus
- Pagurus
- Species
- Pagurus arcuatus
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