Pagurus setosus
(Setose Hermit Crab)
© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #2196)
Photographer's Submitted Details
Photo Location
Glacier Bay, Alaska
Photographer
Aaron Baldwin
Habitat
75 meters
Photo Date
Upload Date
October 23, 2007
Elevation (m)
Latitude
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Photo ID #
2196
Comments
This densely hairy species resembles both P. kennerlyi and P. capillatus. They lack the white or blue tipped spines as seen in P. kennerly, and have solid colored antennae while P. kennerlyi have banded antennae. The dactyls ('feet') of the walking legs of P. setosus have strong spines while P. capillatus do not. Field identification of all three of these large hermits can be difficult!