Species Profile
Eupagurus
Hermit crab
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassCrustacea
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Marine crustacean inhabiting gastropod shells.
Shows unique adaptive behaviour.
Size & Structure
01
Soft asymmetrical abdomen
02
Occupies empty shells
03
Well-developed chelae
04
Cephalothorax hardened
Eupagurus — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Protostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Present
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral symmetry
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete digestion
- Nervous system
- Ventral nerve cord
- Excretory organ
- Green glands
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic (stenohaline)
- Circulatory type
- Open circulatory system
- Development type
- Indirect development
- Respiratory type
- Branchial respiration
- Mode of excretion
- Ammonotelism
- Circulation system
- Open
- Skeleton structure
- Exoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Scavenger in marine ecosystem
Shell recycling agent
Part of coastal food chains
Economic Importance
Used in behavioural studies
Ecological balance maintenance
Aquarium trade relevance