Tag Archive for 'Hermit crab'

Strigopagurus fragarchela. Image credit: Queensland Museum.

New Species of Hermit Crab Discovered in Australia

Nov 12, 2024 by Natali Anderson

Marine biologists at Queensland Museum Kurilpa have described a new species of hermit crab, Strigopagurus fragarchela (common name is the strawberry-clawed...

External morphology of Stylobates calcifer with host hermit crab Pagurodofleinia doederleini. The upper (A) and posterior (B) views and the marginal views of the right and left sides (C, D, respectively) of the living specimen. The upper and marginal views (E, F, respectively) of the preserved specimen. Scale bars - 5 mm. Image credit: Yoshikawa et al., doi: 10.1086/719160.

New Species of Symbiotic Sea Anemone Discovered Off Coast of Japan

Jun 23, 2022 by Natali Anderson

Scientifically named Stylobates calcifer, the new sea anemone species lives in a symbiotic relationship with a species of hermit crab called Pagurodofleinia...

Cancellus heatherae, female holotype, shield length - 4 mm: (A) habitus, dorsal; (B) habitus, right side; (C) habitus, ventral; (D) sixth tergite and telson, dorsal. Image credit: Felder & Lemaitre, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4890.4.10.

New Species of Hermit Crab Discovered in Gulf of Mexico

Dec 29, 2020 by Natali Anderson

Marine biologists from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History have described a new species of...

New Species of Hermit Crab Found

Nov 28, 2012 by Natali Anderson

Biologists led by Prof Christopher Tudge of American University in Washington, DC, have discovered a tiny new species of hermit crab on the barrier reef...