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title: "Long-claw Hermit Crab"
description: "Pagurus longicarpus — Inne zwierzęta. Pagurus longicarpus, the long-wristed hermit crab or the long-clawed hermit crab, is a common hermit crab found along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States and the Atlantic coast of Canada."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/long-claw-hermit-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Long-claw Hermit Crab

> Pagurus longicarpus — Inne zwierzęta. Pagurus longicarpus, the long-wristed hermit crab or the long-clawed hermit crab, is a common hermit crab found along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States and the Atlantic coast of Canada.

- Scientific name: *Pagurus longicarpus*
- Category: `other` (Inne zwierzęta)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 8141
- Wikidata: [Q3933227](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3933227)
- iNaturalist taxon: [48169](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48169)

## Names

- en: Long-claw Hermit Crab
- de: Langarm-Einsiedlerkrebs
- fr: Bernard-l'ermite à longues pinces

## Countries with the most observations

US (5911), CA (1028), DE (101), NL (4)

## Summary

Pagurus longicarpus, the long-wristed hermit crab or the long-clawed hermit crab, is a common hermit crab found along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States and the Atlantic coast of Canada.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: dinomariobob · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/305660420

## Machine access

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