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Deep hermit crab

Pagurus prideaux Leach, 1815

Status not recordedcrabs and lobsters

The deep hermit crab (Pagurus prideaux) is a species in the family Paguridae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about the deep hermit crab

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

Where does the deep hermit crab live?

Not recorded

Is the deep hermit crab 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 deep hermit crab classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyPaguridae
  6. genusPagurus
  7. SpeciesPagurus prideaux Leach, 1815

Synonyms Eupagurus prideauxi, Pagurus pridauxii, Pagurus prideauxi, Pagurus prideauxii, Pagurus solitarius

Other names and names in other languages (20)
  • Prideaux's hermit crabEnglish
  • Smaller hermit crabEnglish
  • Legristi-bigornedBreton
  • Bernat ermità de fondalCatalan
  • Anemonen-EinsiedlerGerman
  • ermitaño de honduraSpanish
  • gonfaronFrench
  • Europski samacCroatian
  • Paguro di PrideauxItalian
  • anemoneeremittkrepsNorwegian Bokmål
  • anemoon-heremietkreeftDutch
  • vetrnični samotarecSlovenian
  • eremitkrabbaSwedish
  • Anemonen-EinsiedlerkrebsGerman
  • Prideaux-EinsiedlerkrebsGerman
  • ermite de PrideauxFrench
  • Pagure de PrideauxFrench
  • bedekte heremietkreeftDutch
  • anemonbärande eremitkrabbaSwedish
  • anemonbärande eremitkräftaSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the deep hermit crab

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 deep hermit crab?

The deep hermit crab (Pagurus prideaux) belongs to the family Paguridae in the order Decapoda.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Deep hermit crab (Pagurus prideaux). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pagurus-prideaux

MLA

“Deep hermit crab (Pagurus prideaux).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pagurus-prideaux.

BibTeX
@misc{pagurus_prideaux_2026,
  title = {Deep hermit crab (Pagurus prideaux)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pagurus-prideaux},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}