ID hermit crab (8)

[GerritM]

Hi!
Does anyone know this hermit crab?
I can not find him.
Disturbtion: probably Indo-Pazifik, but i´m not sure.

 

[donya]

Unless there is an Indo-Pacific species I am unfamiliar with that looks almost the same, this one looks like Pagurus longicarpus (common on the east coast of North America). Another possibility is Pagurus bernhardus (European), for which I am less familiar with the range in color variation, but it appears to me to be a better match for P. longicarpus.

 

[GerritM]

Hi!
Thanks for the reply.
But i don´t think, that is a Pagurus longicarpus.
He looks like them, but he ist not identi.
P. bernhardus lives here on the coast of Ostfriesland/Germany. I know this hermits.

 

[donya]

Well...I just took one of the P. longicarpus from my tanks to the computer to compare markings and proportions, and it truely looks the same to me down to each detail I can see.

I saw you are e-mailing in another thread to get IDs - if you get a correct ID on this one, please do post back what the final result is! I am curious to know what distinguishing feature(s) I have overlooked, or if it is just a matter of range.

 

[GerritM]

Hi Donya!
I think now, that you've got right. I get irritated me because the Indo-Pacific and the coloring of my hermit. Sorry :love1:
Could you post here a pic of your hermit, or me e-mailed?

 

[donya]

Unfortunately I don't have any clear photos on hand, but I will try to get better pictures of my P. longicarpus hermits this week. When I am able to get a photo that shows the species' features well, I will definitely post it here!