Talk:Pagurus bernhardus

A note
Does anybody know where the "bernhardus" name comes from? In French, it's called "Bernard l'Ermite", but French Wikipedia was of no help either. 132.206.67.166 20:41, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

About Mediterranean Sea ?
I just do not understand why it's written that it does not live in the Mediterranean sea. As you can read in the french version, there is a reference to texts from Pline, a Roman writer and historian who lived in southern Italy and refers to Pagurus as local sea-food. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.2.113.26 (talk) 08:35, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

The Med
Im currently using Pagurus bernhardus for my dissertation and haven't yet read anything yet that mentions this particular species being found in the Med. I have however read a few papers that claim its range is limited to the Atlantic coast of Portugal in the south. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.240.229.3 (talk) 14:10, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Varieties of P. bernhardus

 * There are at least two varieties one with orange antennae and another one with blue turquoise antennae. Are there sources noticing this?
 * moreover never seen them filter-feeding, but seen them refreshing the eggs they keep in the shell and expose it to the water current.
 * The article needs more on their social relations, like stealing shells from one another and a group shifting shell, and relations with anenomes and it seems several tide pool invertebrates, including this, have a special preference and symbiotic relation with the anemone Aulactinia verrucosa, who seek them for protection.
 * I pretty much love these animals and keep them in aquaria.

- please do not keep them if you dont know how to set-up a proper marine aquaria and will easily die and suffer a lot if not properly adapted, they need at least 3-hours adapation depending on salinity, needs drop-by-drop adaptation, they are really cute (needs a pic in the article) and dont deserve the suffering. --Pedro (talk) 11:21, 13 June 2012 (UTC)