Pagurus sinuatus is a large species of hermit crab found in Australia and the Kermadec Islands. It is red or orange in colour with coloured bands on the legs and patches on the body.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Paguridae |
| Genus: | Pagurus |
| Species: | P. sinuatus
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| Pagurus sinuatus (Stimpson, 1858)
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Eupagurus sinuatus Stimpson, 1858 | |
Description
editPagurus sinuatus is a large species of hermit crab, and normally inhabits rounded gastropod shells. It is distinguished from other hermit crab species in Australia by its solid, hairy chelipeds (claw-bearing appendages), although there may be further undescribed species within its range.[2] The hermit crab's body is orange and red, with patches of red or violet colour. The pereiopods (walking legs) are banded.[2] It reaches a maximum "shield length" (distance from the rostrum to the cervical groove on the carapace) of 14.5 millimetres (0.57 in).[3]
Distribution
editPagurus sinuatus is found in the intertidal zone along the coasts of the Australian states of New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia,[3] and in the Kermadec Islands (New Zealand).[4]
References
edit- ^ Patsy McLaughlin (2009). P. McLaughlin (ed.). "Pagurus sinuatus (Stimpson, 1858)". World Paguroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
- ^ a b Gary C. B. Poore & Shane T. Ahyong (2004). "Paguridae". Marine decapod Crustacea of southern Australia: a guide to identification. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 270–278. ISBN 978-0-643-06906-0.
- ^ a b P. J. F. Davie (2002). "Paguridae". Crustacea: Malocostraca: Eucarida (Part 2), Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura. Volume 19 of Zoological catalogue of Australia, Australia. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 76–86. ISBN 978-0-643-06792-9.
- ^ Jacques Forest & Colin L. McLay (2001). "The biogeography and bathymetric distribution of New Zealand hermit crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguridea)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 31 (4): 687–720. doi:10.1080/03014223.2001.9517670.
External links
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Media related to Pagurus sinuatus at Wikimedia Commons- Pagurus sinuatus in Marine Species Gallery
