Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Anomura > Superfamily Paguroidea > Family Paguridae > Genus Pagurus

Pagurus forbesii Bell, 1845

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pagurus*	Fabricius, 1775	accepted genus name
*Eupagurus*	Brandt, 1851	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: rough-clawed hermit crab sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Forbes-Einsiedler; Forbes-Einsiedlerkrebs

Literature

original description	Bell, T. (1844-1853). A history of the British Stalk-eyed Crustacea. John van Voorst, London. lXV + 386 pp.
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	McLaughlin, P. A., Komai, T., Lemaitre, R. & Rahayu, D.L. (2010). Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I — Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement 23: 5–107.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Pagurus forbesii Bell, 1845. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107237