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Orthopagurus minimus (Toothshell Hermit Crab)
Scientific name: Orthopagurus minimus

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 Orthopagurus

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

These are orange to red, with one large red claw. They live in tube worm shells.

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Orthopagurus minimus (Toothshell Hermit Crab)
Orthopagurus minimus (Toothshell Hermit Crab)
Orthopagurus minimus (Toothshell Hermit Crab)
Orthopagurus minimus (Toothshell Hermit Crab)
Orthopagurus minimus (Toothshell Hermit Crab)
Orthopagurus minimus (Toothshell Hermit Crab)
Orthopagurus minimus (Toothshell Hermit Crab)
Orthopagurus minimus (Toothshell Hermit Crab)
Orthopagurus minimus (Toothshell Hermit Crab)
Orthopagurus minimus (Toothshell Hermit Crab)
Orthopagurus minimus (Toothshell Hermit Crab)
Orthopagurus minimus (Toothshell Hermit Crab)
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