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Updated 12/16/2013

Family Paguridae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Pylopaguropsis keijii

Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 25 feet

 

Ala Moana Rockpiles, Oahu, 30 feet


Ala Moana Rockpiles, Oahu, 30 feet

KEIJI'S HERMIT CRAB

Cryptic in rubble at scuba depths.  Purple legs and large flesh-colored right claw.  Attains 1/5 inch.  Hawai'i & the Indo-Pacific.