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Common hermit crab -
Pagurus bernhardus
Scientific names: Pagouros is Greek for crab. Bernhard l'hermite
is a local name for the specie in Bretagne. In turn this name can be
related to the celtic expression for a chalky shell: barnagh, berniche,
bernak, that has been distorted to bernhard and in another context may
be the source of the word barnacle. Linné, (Swedish naturalist)
who described the specie, probably got the name from the Dutch doctor
and microscopist van Swammerdam, who in an essay from 1737-38 called
the specie "Cancellus Bernhard l'Hermite".
Other scientific names: Eupagurus
bernhardus.
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