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Bluespine hermit

Pagurus kennerlyi (Stimpson, 1864)

Status not recordedcrabs and lobsters

The bluespine hermit (Pagurus kennerlyi) is a species in the family Paguridae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about the bluespine hermit

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bluespine hermit live?

Not recorded

Is the bluespine hermit endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the bluespine hermit classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyPaguridae
  6. genusPagurus
  7. SpeciesPagurus kennerlyi (Stimpson, 1864)

Synonyms Eupagurus kennerlyi

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Bluespine hermit crabEnglish
  • bernard-l'ermite du Pacifique NordFrench
  • Melsvanugaris krabas atsiskyrėlisLithuanian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bluespine hermit

Other species in the same genus Pagurus.

Hermit crab

Pagurus bernhardus

PaguridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the bluespine hermit?

The bluespine hermit (Pagurus kennerlyi) belongs to the family Paguridae in the order Decapoda.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bluespine hermit (Pagurus kennerlyi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bluespine-hermit

MLA

“Bluespine hermit (Pagurus kennerlyi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bluespine-hermit.

BibTeX
@misc{bluespine_hermit_2026,
  title = {Bluespine hermit (Pagurus kennerlyi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bluespine-hermit},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}