Pagurus filholi

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 5 records
February: 22 records
March: 18 records
April: 110 records
May: 154 records
June: 41 records
July: 17 records
August: 16 records
September: 13 records
October: 16 records
November: 21 records
December: 3 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0 m · Deepest record: 0 m

0–10 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–25 °C

12–14 °C: 2 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 158 records
20–22 °C: 3 records
22–24 °C: 253 records
24–26 °C: 3 records

Photos

(c) harum.koh, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) りなべる, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Mikhail Nevsky, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) りなべる, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) harum.koh, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Names in 3 more languages

Japanese: ホンヤドカリ
Korean: 참집게
Simplified Chinese: 長腕寄居蟹

Other scientific names: Eupagurus filholi, Pagurus geminus

Similar species

Long-clawed hermit crab
Pagurus longicarpus
Flatclaw hermit
Pagurus pollicaris
Pagurus lanuginosus
Pagurus minutus
New Zealand Hermit Crab
Pagurus novizealandiae
Pagurus albidianthus

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).
505 open-data records from 1969 to 2026.
Species data updated November 5, 2026.