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title: "Gewone heremietkreeft"
description: "Pagurus bernhardus — Andere dieren. Pagurus bernhardus is the common marine hermit crab of Europe's Atlantic coasts."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-hermit-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gewone heremietkreeft

> Pagurus bernhardus — Andere dieren. Pagurus bernhardus is the common marine hermit crab of Europe's Atlantic coasts.

- Scientific name: *Pagurus bernhardus*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 3491
- Wikidata: [Q1049402](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1049402)
- iNaturalist taxon: [152975](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/152975)

## Names

- en: Common Hermit Crab
- de: Gemeiner Einsiedlerkrebs
- fr: Bernard l'ermite commun
- nl: Gewone heremietkreeft
- pl: Pustelnik bernardyn

## Countries with the most observations

GB (2006), NL (209), FR (170), IE (148), DK (113), NO (98), DE (86), SE (53), IS (32), ES (28), JE (14), PT (7)

## Summary

Pagurus bernhardus is the common marine hermit crab of Europe's Atlantic coasts. It is sometimes referred to as the common hermit crab or soldier crab. Its carapace reaches 3.5 centimetres (1.4 in) long, and is found in both rocky and sandy areas, from the Arctic waters of Iceland, Svalbard and Russia as far south as southern Portugal, its range extend as far as the Mediterranean Sea. It can be found in pools on the upper shore and at the mean tide level down to a depth of approximately 140 metres (460 ft), with smaller specimens generally found in rock pools around the middle shore and lower shore regions, with larger…

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

## Photo

![Gewone heremietkreeft](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-hermit-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Karyn Murby · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/289272886

## Machine access

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