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title: "Blueband Hermit Crab"
description: "Pagurus samuelis — Weitere Tiere. Pagurus samuelis, the blueband hermit crab, is a species of hermit crab from the west coast of North America, and the most common hermit crab in California."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/blueband-hermit-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blueband Hermit Crab

> Pagurus samuelis — Weitere Tiere. Pagurus samuelis, the blueband hermit crab, is a species of hermit crab from the west coast of North America, and the most common hermit crab in California.

- Scientific name: *Pagurus samuelis*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 11477
- Wikidata: [Q3360483](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3360483)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49095](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49095)

## Names

- en: Blueband Hermit Crab
- es: Cangrejo Ermitaño de Bandas Azules

## Countries with the most observations

US (10303), CA (283), MX (155)

## Summary

Pagurus samuelis, the blueband hermit crab, is a species of hermit crab from the west coast of North America, and the most common hermit crab in California. It is a small species, with distinctive blue bands on its legs. It prefers to live in the shell of the black turban snail, and is a nocturnal scavenger of algae and carrion.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagurus_samuelis

## Photo

![Blueband Hermit Crab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blueband-hermit-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mark Fischer · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/353075554

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blueband-hermit-crab?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).