Greenmark Hermit Crab

Pagurus Caurinus 

Common names: Greenmark Hermit Crab 

Description: 0.5 inches across carapace. It has white banded legs and a orange banded  antenna. The carapace is smooth. The lateral parts are covered with soft setat, and the base is covered by the carapace.  

Skeleton- endoskeleton 

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Malacostraca 

Order: Decapoda

Family: Paguridae

Genus:Pagurus

Species: Pagurus 

Ecology:

Relationship with other organisms- they mostly prey on small animals and scavenge carrion.

Interesting facts- Females incubate fertilized eggs which remain attached to the swimming legs (pleopods) until hatching.