Scientific Name: Pagurus bernhardus (Linnaeus, 1758)
English Name: Common Hermit Crab, Solider Crab, Bernard’s Hermit Carb.
Local/Bangla Name: Shamuk Kakra (শামুক কাঁকড়া)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Paguridae
Description:
Hermit crabs are reddish or brownish in color. They have a bizarre appearance, as their soft abdomen is twisted to fit into the coils of a gastropod shell. They have two pincers on the first pair of walking legs, with the right pincer being larger than the left. Both pincers have a rough, granular surface.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Entire coast of Cox’s Bazar, St. Martin’s Island, Teknaf and the Sundarbans.
Environment:
Marine (Benthic)
References:
Ahmed ATA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M (Eds.) (2008) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 18. Part II. Arthropoda: Crustacea. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 226 pp
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