Pagurus fraserorum Fraser's Hermit Crab

Pagurus fraserorum is commonly referred to as Fraser's Hermit Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Pagurus fraserorum, eThekwini, ZA-NL, ZA Durban 2025

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lexID:: 17139
AphiaID:: 1300764

Scientific:: Pagurus fraserorum
German:: Frasers Einsiedlerkrebs
English:: Fraser's Hermit Crab

Category:: Hermit Crabs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Paguridae (Family) > Pagurus (Genus) > fraserorum (Species)
Initial determination:: Landschoff & Komai, in Landschoff, Komai, du Plessis, Gouws & Griffiths, 2018

Occurrence:: South-Africa
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:: 6 - 20 Meter
Habitats:: Rocky reefs, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0,27 cm
Temperature:: °F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C)
Food:: No reliable information available
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Pagurus acadianus
Acadia-Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus aleuticus
Pagurus annexus
Pagurus annulipes
Pagurus arcuatus
Behaarter Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus armatus
Schwarzaugen-Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus beringanus
Bering Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus bernhardus
Gemeiner Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus bonairensis
Pagurus bouvieri
Pagurus brandti
Pagurus brevidactylus
Kurzfinger-Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus bullisi
Pagurus capillatus
Pagurus carolinensis
Pagurus caurinus
Greenmark-Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus confragosus
Pagurus corallinus
Pagurus cornutus
Pagurus criniticornis
Pagurus cuanensis
Behaarter Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus curacaoensis
Pagurus dalli
Pagurus defensus
Pagurus dissimilis
Pagurus granosimanus
Granulierter Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus gymnodactylus
Pagurus hemphilli
Kastanienbrauner Einsiedler
Pagurus hirsutiusculus
Haariger Einsiedler
Pagurus impressus
Pagurus kennerlyi
Pagurus kroyeri
Pagurus longicarpus
Langarm-Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus maclaughlinae
McLaughlins Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus marshi
Pagurus mertensii
Pagurus middendorfii
Pagurus ochotensis
Pagurus politus
Pagurus pollicaris
Pagurus prideauxi
Pagurus provenzanoi
Provenzanos Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus pubescens
Behaarter Einsiedler
Pagurus pygmaeus
Pagurus quaylei
Pagurus rathbuni
Pagurus redondoensis
Pagurus retrorsimanus
Gebogene Hand Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus rotundimanus
Pagurus samuelis
Blauband-Einsiedlerkrebs
Pagurus setosus
Pagurus spighti
Pagurus spilocarpus
Pagurus stevensae
Pagurus stimpsoni
Pagurus tanneri
Pagurus townsendi
Pagurus trigonocheirus
Pagurus undosus
Pagurus venturensis

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2025-01-12 16:01:46
Last edit:: 2025-01-12 16:21:22

Info

Pagurus fraserorum Landschoff & Komai, 2018 in Landschoff, Komai, du Plessis, Gouws & Griffiths, 2018

Pagurus fraserorum is known from rocky reefs off Pumula and Hibberdene, near Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

External links

researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 12.01.2025.
Species New to Science (en). Abgerufen am 12.01.2025.
Wikipedia - Interactice three-dimensional derived volume reconstruction (en). Abgerufen am 12.01.2025.

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