Description
Similar to Pagurus bernhardus but smaller with a carapace length up to 14 mm long and muddy red in colour with paler spots. Adults often live in association with the cloak anemone, Adamsia carciniopados.
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Marine Life Information Network
Editor: Dr Harvey Tyler-Walters
Author: Emily Wilson
Emily Wilson 2008. Pagurus prideaux. Hermit crab. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 26/01/2011]. Available from:
