Pagurus Annulipes
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''Pagurus annulipes'', the brown banded hermit, is a species of hermit crab in the family
Paguridae The Paguridae are a family of hermit crabs of the order Decapoda. This family contains 542 species in over 70 genera:. The king crabs, Lithodoidea, are now widely undestood to be derived from deep within the Paguridae, with some authors placing t ...
. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean. It is the only hermit crab with banded legs on the coast of the NE United States.


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* Hermit crabs Crustaceans of the Atlantic Ocean Crustaceans described in 1860 Taxa named by William Stimpson Articles created by Qbugbot {{crab-stub