Common hermit crab

Latin: Pagurus bernhardus
Size:
35 mm (back shield length)
Levested:
Fjøra down to 150 m
Distribution:
From Portugal and north to the Norwegian coast. Iceland. Baltic Sea.
Food:
Old end
Facts about the common hermit crab

This is the most common and largest species of hermit crab in Norway. As the hermit crab grows, it must find larger snail shells.

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