Saltwater
Scarlet reef hermit crab
Paguristes cadenati
Diogenidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 3 cm
Water values
Range
Seen here
Seen in the wild in Bahamas, Belize, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Curaçao, Dominica, Guadeloupe, and 5 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Paguristes cadenati, the red reef hermit crab or scarlet hermit crab, is a small (about 3 centimetres or 1.2 inches across) species of hermit crab with a bright red body and yellow eyestalks that lives in the Caribbean Sea. The specific name honours the French ichthyologist Jean Cadenat (1908-1992), who collected the type specimen and sent it to the French carcinologist Jacques Forest, who described it as a new species.
Other names
No other names.
