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Haigiopagurus diegensis (San Diego Hermit Crab)
Scientific name: Haigiopagurus diegensis

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Arthropoda → Subphylum Crustacea → Superclass Multicrustacea → Class Malacostraca → Subclass Eumalacostraca → Superorder Eucarida → Order Decapoda → Suborder Pleocyemata → Infraorder Anomura → Superfamily Paguroidea → Family Paguridae → Genus Haigiopagurus

Common name: San Diego Hermit Crab
Locations: Eastern Pacific
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesHermit Crabs

Distinguished from the greenmark and hairy hermit crabs by its blue first pair of antennae.

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Haigiopagurus diegensis (San Diego Hermit Crab)
Haigiopagurus diegensis (San Diego Hermit Crab)
Haigiopagurus diegensis (San Diego Hermit Crab)
Haigiopagurus diegensis (San Diego Hermit Crab)
Haigiopagurus diegensis (San Diego Hermit Crab)
Haigiopagurus diegensis (San Diego Hermit Crab)
Haigiopagurus diegensis (San Diego Hermit Crab)
Haigiopagurus diegensis (San Diego Hermit Crab)
Haigiopagurus diegensis (San Diego Hermit Crab)
Haigiopagurus diegensis (San Diego Hermit Crab)
Shrimp is almost clear, just above hermit crab
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