Banded Hermit Crab
Clibanarius eurysternus
- Usual depth1 m
- Water temperature24–29 °C
- Best monthsJuly, August, and November
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Jessica Utrup, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 4 records
- February: 8 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 16 records
- May: 9 records
- June: 6 records
- July: 17 records
- August: 20 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 12 records
- November: 27 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1 m · Deepest record: 1 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–29 °C
Photos
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
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(c) Jessica Utrup, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Robert Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
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(c) Monica Ventrice, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Mahomed Desai, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Banded Hermit Crab
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Pagure rayé
- Japanese
- イモガイヨコバサミ
- Simplified Chinese
- 寬胸細螯寄居蟹
Other scientific names: Pagurus (Clibanarius) eurysternus
Similar species
Orange-striped Hermit CrabClibanarius infraspinatus
Long-legged Hermit CrabClibanarius longitarsus
Coastal Hermit CrabClibanarius virescens
Coral Hermit CrabClibanarius corallinus
White Dot-eyed ClibanariusClibanarius englaucus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 109 open-data records from 1879 to 2012.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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