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Paguristes tortugae Bandeye Hermit

Paguristes tortugae is commonly referred to as Bandeye Hermit. Difficulty in the aquarium: простой. A aquarium size of at least 30 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
5771 
AphiaID:
368299 
Scientific:
Paguristes tortugae 
German:
Tortuga Einsiedlerkrebs 
English:
Bandeye Hermit 
Category:
Рак - Отшельник 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Paguristes (Genus) > tortugae (Species) 
Initial determination:
Schmitt, 1933 
Occurrence:
Guadeloupe, Antigua and Barbuda, Brazil, Cuba, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Martinique, North Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, USA, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 100 Meter 
Habitats:
Beach, Coastal waters, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Muddy grounds, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds 
Size:
0,5 cm 
Temperature:
73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available, omnivore 
Tank:
6.6 gal (~ 30L)  
Difficulty:
простой 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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More related species
in this lexicon
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-01-21 10:00:02 

Info

Paguristes tortugae Schmitt, 1933

The common name is Bandeye hermit crab. Paguristes tortugae lives in Carribean Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico.

It is not yet known ,whether all the photos show the Paguristes tortugae (because they have different shades).

External links

  1. crustacea.org.br (en). Abgerufen am 21.01.2025.
  2. researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 03.02.2026.
  3. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 21.01.2025.

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