Labidochirus splendescens (Owen, 1839)
Splendid hermit
photo by Miller, Todd

Family:  Paguridae (right-handed hermit crabs)
Max. size: 
Environment:  benthic; marine; depth range 12 - 412 m
Distribution:  Arctic and Northern Pacific: from Sea of Okhotsk, Kuril Islands, north to Point Barrow Alaska, then east to Puget Sound.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Minimum depth range from Ref. 123236. Host to polychaetes (Ref. 106082). Subtidal to a depth of 412 m (Ref. 104115).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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