Long-legged Hermit Crab
Clibanarius longitarsus
- Water temperature17–29 °C
- Best monthsApril, September, and November
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) insect ID, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by insect ID · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 84 records
- February: 67 records
- March: 83 records
- April: 114 records
- May: 77 records
- June: 57 records
- July: 66 records
- August: 67 records
- September: 101 records
- October: 69 records
- November: 96 records
- December: 82 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 17–29 °C
Photos
(c) Utain Pummarin, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Utain Pummarin, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Hugo Innes, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Rolf Lawrenz, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Srichakra Pranav Tamarapalli, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Dave Shenton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Long-legged Hermit Crab
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Pagure à longues pattes
- Japanese
- ツメナガヨコバサミ
- Simplified Chinese
- 長指細螯寄居蟹, 長趾細螯寄居蟹
Other scientific names: Pagurus asper, Pagurus longitarsus
Similar species
Orange-striped Hermit CrabClibanarius infraspinatus
Coastal Hermit CrabClibanarius virescens
Coral Hermit CrabClibanarius corallinus
White Dot-eyed ClibanariusClibanarius englaucus
Banded Hermit CrabClibanarius eurysternus
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).
- 290 open-data records from 1849 to 2021.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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