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Common hermit-crab
Pagurus bernhardus (Linnaeus, 1758)
AnimalsHermit crabs, Galathea crabs, Porcelain crabs... (Anomoures )
Distribution map
Geographic areas (BioObs)
North-East AtlanticChannel & North
Observation type
Scuba divingApnea / SnorkellingForeshore / Shoreline
Other common names
- BernhardskrebsGerman (Germany)
- Ermitano soldadoEuropean Spanish
- Bernard l'ermite communFrench (France)
- St. BernhardkrepsNorwegian Bokmål (Norway)
- Gewone heremietkreeftDutch (Netherlands)
- Bernardo-o-eremitaEuropean Portuguese
- Casa-alugadaEuropean Portuguese
- PaguroEuropean Portuguese
Other invalid scientific names
- Cancer bernhardus
- Eupagurus bernhardus
- Pagurus eblaniensis
- Pagurus streblonyx
- Pagurus ulidiae
- Pagurus ulidianus
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Sources
- ZIEMSKI Frédéric, BOUCHARD Jean-Marie, NOËL Pierre in : DORIS, 09/03/2024 : Pagurus bernhardus (Linnaeus, 1758), https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/117
How to cite this BioObs sheet?
BioObs, 18/06/2024 : Pagurus bernhardus (Linnaeus, 1758), https://bioobs.fr/en/species-sheets/423
Modification history
- Created by Maguelone GRATEAU on 18/06/2024
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