Pagurus tanneri   (Longhand Hermit Crab)

© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #2202)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	Off Oregon Coast
Photographer	Aaron Baldwin
Habitat	Deep water, below 150 meters
Photo Date
Upload Date	October 23, 2007
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Photo ID #	2202
Comments	With Pagurus confragosus and P. cornutus the only three hermits in the PNW that have a raised triangular plateau on the right claw (although many have a ridge of the left claw only). In P. tanneri the claws are relatively longer and the 'triangle' of right claw is not raised to form knob or horn at apex. Specimen was recovered from stomachs of Dover Sole and dried, missing left claw and some walking legs. Photo just to illustrate key characters.