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Elassochirus gilli
Class Malacostraca +
Common name is Orange hermit  +
Documentation requested false  +
Family Paguridae +
Genus Elassochirus +
Order Decapoda +
Phylum Arthropoda +
Scientific name is Elassochirus gilli  +
SpecificEpithet gilli  +
Summary This striking hermit crab is sometimes comThis striking hermit crab is sometimes common in the low intertidal zone. The nearly uniform light orange to almost red color makes this hermit immediately recognizable. Like all members of the genus ''Elassochirus'' (called the "widehand hermits"), ''E. gilli'' has expanded margins on the carpus of its right claw. Preserved specimens could be mistaken for the [[Elassochirus cavimanus|Purple hermit crab (''Elassochirus cavimanus'')]]. Look at the carpus of the right claw, on the purple hermit there is a row of small blunt spines while on the orange hermit it is smooth.s while on the orange hermit it is smooth.  +
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Categories Marine Invertebrate  + , Species  +
Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. 25 July 2013 09:20:19  +
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