Polkadotted Hermit Phimochirus operculatus

Classification

Paguridae [family]

Phimochirus [genus] (3)

operculatus [species]

Classification

Paguridae [family]

Phimochirus [genus] (3)

operculatus [species]

Names

English name	Polkadotted Hermit
Valid name	Phimochirus operculatus (Stimpson, 1859)
Synonym sensu lato	Pylopagurus operculatus (Stimpson, 1859)

Classification

Animalia [kingdom] Animals
- Arthropoda [phylum] Arthropods
  - Crustacea [subphylum]
    - Malacostraca [class]
      - Decapoda [order] Shrimps, Lobsters and Crabs
        
        Pleocyemata [suborder]
        
        Anomura [infraorder] Hermit Crabs and Porcelain Crabs
        
        Paguroidea [superfamily] Hermit Crabs
        
        Paguridae [family]
        
        Phimochirus McLaughlin, 1981 [genus]
        
        Phimochirus operculatus (Stimpson, 1859) [species] Polkadotted Hermit