Hair crab

Latin: Pilumnus hirtellus

Size:

Shell width up to 20 mm.

Levested:

Hard bottom on the shore and between clusters of mussels and o-shells. Found down to 70 meters.

Distribution:

From North Africa and north to Western Norway.

Food:

Mainly carrion

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