Paguropsis typica
- Usual depth120 m
- Water temperature23–30 °C
- Best monthsOctober
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 7 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 12 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 120 m · Deepest record: 120 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- キンチャクヤドカリ
Similar species
Black-eyed hermit crabDardanus lagopodes
Anemone hermit crabDardanus pedunculatus
- Reticulated Hawaiian hermit
Aniculus hopperae
- Hairy yellow hermit
Aniculus maximus
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).
- 80 open-data records from 1909 to 2005.
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