Habitat: This species favors mud, sand or coral bottoms Distribution: This hermit crab has been reported from the Golf of Mexico to Brazil. Depth: 0-134 m Characteristics: This is a brief list of key characteristics for this species: Anterior shield nearly smooth, few tufts of hair near sides and scattered elsewhere; Anterior margin lacking rostrum; chelipeds unequal, with left much larger than right; outer surface of major chela covered with scalelike tubercles separated by fan-shaped fringes of appressed hairs; propodus of second left walking leg conspicuously hairy; tubercles on major cheliped dark purple or blue; first and second walking legs with narrow bands of brown/orange.