Pagurus (Noun)
Meaning
Type genus of the family Paguridae.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Pagurus samuelis, commonly known as the longworm hermit crab, is a species of hermit crab native to the Gulf of California.
- Several species within the type genus Pagurus can inhabit and change shell, utilizing up to nine types at the terminal stages.
- Crinoids play hosts for three crab genera that include Pagurus amsleri, an anemone associate that exhibits behavior peculiar to symbiotic complexes.
- In the type genus Pagurus, dactylopods or mobile pereiopods are usually 4th claw-bearing on the hermit crab's walking legs.
- Pagurus pollicaris, an unusual species, display high rates of recapture and a high site specificity for habitat.