| Paguridae (right-handed hermit crabs) |
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benthic; marine; depth range 226 - 276 m |
| Western Central Atlantic: Curacao. |
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This species can be distinguished by the following set of characters: presence of striking dorso-ventral flattening of the right cheliped; reduced branchial formula; 4th pereopods with grasping-like spines (instead of typically pagurid rasp-like scales; almost symmetrical uropods and telson; minute pair of 1st pleopods (gonopods). |
| Depth range based on type locality; to be replaced with a better reference. Inhabits rariphatic zone of the deep reefs (Ref. 128615). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| harmless |
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