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Created 5/13/2013

Family Diogenidae

WESTERN ATLANTIC

Paguristes sericeus

Juvenile, Stock Island, Florida Keys, 3 feet

missing claws

BLUE-EYED HERMIT CRAB

Occurs among rocks or rubble at any depth.  Eye stalks yellow-orange, claws equal in size.  Maximum carapace width of 2.5 inches.  North Carolina to the Caribbean & Gulf of Mexico.