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Pagurus annulipes
Brown Banded Hermit
Pagurus annulipes is a hermit crab species in the family Paguridae, commonly known as the brown banded hermit. It inhabits the western Atlantic Ocean and is notable as the only hermit crab with distinctly banded legs on the northeastern United States coast. This species occupies empty gastropod shells for protection, typical of hermit crab behavior.