Can someone ID my hermit?

[wakrein]

 

[thebkramer]

I have this hermit also.. would love to find out ID...
I'm thinking along the lines of a Pagurus
http://www.recif.be/article/hermit.htm

 

[donya]

This guy looks like a possible Pagurus longicarpus to me (a North American species), but it's hard to tell the details from the photo, and there are some other very similar looking Pagurus species from other regions. Do you know where it was collected from?

 

[wakrein]

This guy looks like a possible Pagurus longicarpus to me (a North American species), but it's hard to tell the details from the photo, and there are some other very similar looking Pagurus species from other regions. Do you know where it was collected from?

I actually found him at the NJ shore, off of stone harbor beach. He actually washed up on the shore, good thing i got him if not me the seaguls would of definitely chewed him up.

 

[donya]

Ah! Yep, P. longicarpus will be the one then. They are a very common coastal species in the northeast. I have even seen them running around in tide pools during the winter when the air temperature is below freezing! Quite hardy and fun little fellows to keep - very interactive once they learn that hands are associated with feeding time.