Image of Bering hermit crab

Description:
The features in the following pictures are useful for identifying this species: The carapace shield (anterior, calcified part) is about as wide as long. The rostrum is rounded. The eyescales have no deep median furrow and their base is not covered by the carapace. The carpus of the right cheliped is longer than wide. The dorsal surface of the left chela has no prominent ridge near the midline.
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- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
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- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Pancrustacea
- Multicrustacea (typical crustaceans)
- Malacostraca (malacostracans)
- Eumalacostraca
- Eucarida
- Decapoda (decapods)
- Pleocyemata (pleocyematans)
- Anomura (Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs)
- Paguroidea (Hermit Crabs)
- Paguridae
- Pagurus
- Pagurus beringanus (Bering hermit crab)
- Panarthropoda
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