Humble Hermit Crab

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 7 records
February: 8 records
March: 10 records
April: 8 records
May: 13 records
June: 5 records
July: 21 records
August: 15 records
September: 8 records
October: 20 records
November: 25 records
December: 7 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1.5 m · Deepest record: 1.5 m

0–10 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 26–29 °C

24–26 °C: 2 records
26–28 °C: 0 records
28–30 °C: 8 records

Photos

(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Cobi Calyx, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Daniel Eisenhauer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) zr217, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Mike Burnett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Humble Hermit Crab

Names in 3 more languages

French: Pagure humble
Japanese: マダラヨコバサミ
Simplified Chinese: 矮小細螯寄居蟹

Other scientific names: Pagurus humilis

Similar species

Orange-striped Hermit Crab
Clibanarius infraspinatus
Long-legged Hermit Crab
Clibanarius longitarsus
Coastal Hermit Crab
Clibanarius virescens
Clibanarius antennatus
Coral Hermit Crab
Clibanarius corallinus
White Dot-eyed Clibanarius
Clibanarius 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).
94 open-data records from 1851 to 2006.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.