---
title: "Pacific Hairy Hermit Crab"
description: "Pagurus hirsutiusculus — Autres animaux. Pagurus hirsutiusculus is a species of hermit crab, commonly called the hairy hermit crab."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/pacific-hairy-hermit-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pacific Hairy Hermit Crab

> Pagurus hirsutiusculus — Autres animaux. Pagurus hirsutiusculus is a species of hermit crab, commonly called the hairy hermit crab.

- Scientific name: *Pagurus hirsutiusculus*
- Category: `other` (Autres animaux)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- iNaturalist observations: 9102
- Wikidata: [Q2287883](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2287883)
- iNaturalist taxon: [63219](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63219)

## Names

- en: Pacific Hairy Hermit Crab
- es: Cangrejo ermitaño del Pacífico

## Countries with the most observations

US (5360), CA (3216), RU (16)

## Summary

Pagurus hirsutiusculus is a species of hermit crab, commonly called the hairy hermit crab. It lives from the Bering Strait south to California and Japan, from the intertidal zone to a depth of 110 m (360 ft).

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

## Photo

![Pacific Hairy Hermit Crab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pacific-hairy-hermit-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Erin Springinotic · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58443994

## Machine access

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