> [!summary]- Classification
**Kingdom**:: [Animalia](Animalia.md)
**Phylum**:: Arthropoda
**Subphylum**:: [Crustacea](Crustacea.md)
**Superclass**::
**Class**:: Malacostraca
**Subclass**:: Eumalacostraca
**Superorder**:: Eucarida
**Order**:: Decapoda
**Suborder**:: Anomura
**Superfamily**::
**Family**:: Paguridae
**Subfamily**::
**Genus**:: Pagurus
**Species**:: P. anachoretus
**Vernacular**:: Hermit crab
## Photos
*[136 - 2023-07-23 - La Balise - Saint Cyr - France](136%20-%202023-07-23%20-%20La%20Balise%20-%20Saint%20Cyr%20-%20France.md) - On a [Pentapora fascialis - Rose coral](Pentapora%20fascialis%20-%20Rose%20coral.md). The picture was zoomed a lot, but the animal is really small. I'll try to take a better picture of this kind of animal later.*
*[137 - 2023-07-30 - Pointe de Seneyrolles - La Ciotat - France](137%20-%202023-07-30%20-%20Pointe%20de%20Seneyrolles%20-%20La%20Ciotat%20-%20France.md) We can see the shell on an [Eunicella cavolini - Yellow gorgonian](Eunicella%20cavolini%20-%20Yellow%20gorgonian.md).
## Notes
The key identifications are:
- Green eyes
- White stripes on the antenas
- Not more than 3cm
- Its right claw is bigger than its left one.
## References
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Pagurus-anachoretus-Pagure-anachorete-392/(rOffset)/6
- [Découvrir la vie sous-marine - Méditerranée - Steven Weinberg](Découvrir%20la%20vie%20sous-marine%20-%20Méditerranée%20-%20Steven%20Weinberg.md) p353