Summary ⁶

Pagurus pollicaris is a hermit crab commonly found along the Atlantic coast of North America from New Brunswick to the Gulf of Mexico. It is known by a number of common names, including gray hermit crab,flat-clawed hermit crab,flatclaw hermit crab,shield hermit crab,thumb-clawed hermit crab,broad-clawed hermit crab, and warty hermit crab.

Link to Access Genomic Data ⁷

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=6747&lvl=0

Sources and Credits

1. (c) cyric, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by cyric
2. (c) Bernadette, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Bernadette
3. (c) David Remsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/dremsen/15386469465/
4. (c) Crabby Taxonomist, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/crabby_taxonomist/7750604898/
5. (c) Crabby Taxonomist, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/crabby_taxonomist/7750605904/
6. Adapted by matbio from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagurus_pollicaris
7. (c) Emily Rose Sharkey, all rights reserved

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