MadeiraFish



Scientific name: Pagurus sp.
Nome comum: Caranguejo eremita
Common name: Hermit crab
Classification: ARTHROPODA > CRUSTACEA > Decapoda > Paguridae
Description: Hermit crabs of the family Paguridae that live inside the empty shells of gastropod molluscs. The genus Pagurus contains more than 100 species, of which at least 11 occur in the northeast Atlantic.
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Depth range: Madeira (INIP): detected at 84-88 m off the Desertas and between 107 - 223 m on the Seine and Coral Patch seamounts.
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REFERENCES
Ingle, R. W. (1985). Northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean hermit crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguroidea: Paguridae). I. The genus Pagurus Fabricius, 1775. Journal of Natural History, 19(4): 745-769.

INIP (1982). Programa de Apoio às Pescas na Madeira - II Cruzeiro de Reconhecimento de Pesca e Oceanografia 020170680, Cruzeiro de Reconhecimento de Pesca e Oceanografia 020241180. Relatório INIP 11, Lisboa, Portugal, 220 pp.

INIP (1984a). Programa de Apoio às Pescas na Madeira - III Cruzeiro de Reconhecimento de Pesca e Oceanografia 020330981. Relatório INIP 22, Lisboa, Portugal, 132 pp.

INIP (1984b). Programa de Apoio às Pescas na Madeira - IV Cruzeiro de Reconhecimento de Pesca e Oceanografia 020390582. Relatório INIP 25, Lisboa, Portugal, 125 pp.