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Family Paguridae

NORTHEAST PACIFIC

Elassochirus tenuimanus

Ogden Point, Victoria, Canada

WIDEHAND HERMIT CRAB

Occasional among rocks at any depth.  Right claw is extremely wide.  Attains 1.5 inch.  Aleutians to Puget Sound.