| Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Pagurus acadianus Benedict, 1901 | Acadian hermit crab | Atlantic Ocean | |
| Pagurus alatus Fabricius, 1775 | American smooth flounder | Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean | |
| Pagurus aleuticus (Benedict, 1892) | Aleutican hermit | East Pacific | |
| Pagurus annulipes (Stimpson, 1860) | Western Atlantic | ||
| Pagurus arcuatus Squires, 1964 | Atlantic Ocean | ||
| Pagurus armatus (Dana, 1851) | Armed hermit | Eastern Pacific | 1.9 | 
| Pagurus beringanus (Benedict, 1892) | Bering hermit | Northeast Pacific | |
| Pagurus bernhardus (Linnaeus, 1972) | Common hermit crab | Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean | |
| Pagurus bonairensis unspecified | Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Pagurus boriaustraliensis Morgan, 1990 | Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Pagurus brandti (Benedict, 1892) | Sponge hermit | East Pacific | |
| Pagurus brevidactylus (Stimpson, 1859) | Southwest Atlantic | ||
| Pagurus bullisi Wass, 1963 | Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Pagurus capillatus (Benedict, 1892) | "dirty harry" | Arctic and Pacific Ocean | |
| Pagurus carolinensis McLaughlin, 1975 | Wormreef hermit | Western Atlantic Ocean | |
| Pagurus caurinus Hart, 1971 | Greenmark hermit | Eastern Pacific | |
| Pagurus comptus White, 1847 | Southern Oceans | 0.76 | |
| Pagurus conformis (De Haan, 1849) | Northwest Pacific | ||
| Pagurus confragosus (Benedict, 1892) | Knobbyhand hermit | East Pacific | |
| Pagurus cornutus (Benedict, 1892) | Hornyhand hermit | East Pacific | |
| Pagurus criniticornis (Dana, 1852) | Southwest Atlantic | ||
| Pagurus cuanensis Bell, 1845 | Hairy hermit crab | Northeast Atlantic | |
| Pagurus curacaoensis (Benedict, 1892) | Western Atlantic | ||
| Pagurus dalli (Benedict, 1892) | Whiteknee hermit | Eastern Pacific | |
| Pagurus defensus (Benedict, 1892) | Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Pagurus deformis Milne-Edwards | Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Pagurus edwardsii (Dana, 1852) | Southeast Pacific | ||
| Pagurus excavatus (Herbst, 1791) | Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Pagurus filholi (de Man, 1887) | Northwest Pacific | ||
| Pagurus forbesii Bell, 1845 | Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean | ||
| Pagurus forceps Milne Edwards, 1836 | Southern Oceans | ||
| Pagurus granosimanus (Stimpson, 1859) | Grainyhand hermit | Eastern Pacific | |
| Pagurus gymnodactylus Lemaitre, 1982 | Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Pagurus hedleyi (Grant & McCulloch, 1906) | Northwest Pacific | ||
| Pagurus hemphilli (Benedict, 1892) | Maroon hermit | Eastern Pacific | 1.4 | 
| Pagurus hirsutiusculus (Dana, 1851) | Hairy hermit | Eastern Pacific | |
| Pagurus hirtimanus (Miers, 1880) | Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Pagurus imaii (Yokoya, 1939) | Northwest Pacific | ||
| Pagurus impressus (Benedict, 1892) | Palmate hermit crab | Western Atlantic Ocean | |
| Pagurus iridocarpus de Saint Laurent & McLaughlin, 2000 | Southwest Pacific | ||
| Pagurus kalkarnii Sankoli, 1962 | Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Pagurus kennerlyi (Stimpson, 1864) | Bluespine hermit | Eastern Pacific | |
| Pagurus kulkarnii Sankolli, 1962 | Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Pagurus longicarpus Say, 1817 | Longwrist hermit | Western Atlantic | |
| Pagurus macardlei (Alcock, 1905) | Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Pagurus maclaughlinae García Gómez, 1982 | Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Pagurus marshi Benedict, 1901 | Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Pagurus nesiotes Haig & McLaughlin, 1991 | Southeast Pacific | ||
| Pagurus ochotensis Brandt, 1851 | Alaskan hermit | Eastern Pacific | |
| Pagurus pergranulatus (Henderson, 1896) | Western Indian Ocean Ocean | ||
| Pagurus perlatus Milne Edwards, 1848 | Southeast Pacific | ||
| Pagurus politus (Smith, 1882) | Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Pagurus pollicaris Say, 1817 | Gray hermit crab | Western Atlantic Ocean | |
| Pagurus prideaux Leach, 1815 | Prideaux's hermit crab | Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean | |
| Pagurus pubescens Krøyer, 1838 | Northern Atlantic and the Arctic | ||
| Pagurus pygmaeus unspecified | Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Pagurus quaylei Hart, 1971 | Quayle's hermit | Eastern Pacific | |
| Pagurus rathbuni (Benedict, 1892) | Longfinger hermit | Arctic and Northern Pacific | |
| Pagurus redondoensis Wicksten, 1982 | Bandclaw hermit | East Pacific | |
| Pagurus rotundimanus Wass, 1963 | Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Pagurus samuelis (Stimpson, 1857) | Blueband hermit | Eastern Pacific | |
| Pagurus setifer Milne-Edwards | Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Pagurus setosus (Benedict, 1892) | Setose hermit | East Pacific | |
| Pagurus sinuatus (Stimpson, 1858) | Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Pagurus spilocarpus Haig, 1977 | Spotwrist hermit | East Pacific | |
| Pagurus stevensae Hart, 1971 | Stevens hermit | Eastern Pacific | |
| Pagurus stimpsoni (Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1893) | Western Central Atlantic | ||
| Pagurus tanneri (Benedict, 1892) | Longhand hermit | East Pacific | |
| Pagurus townsendi (Benedict, 1892) | Northwest Pacific | ||
| Pagurus trigonocheirus (Stimpson, 1858) | Fuzzy hermit | Arctic and Northern Pacific | |
| Pagurus undosus (Benedict, 1892) | Pribilof hermit | East Pacific | |
| Pagurus villosus Nicolet, 1849 | Small villosus hermit crab | Southeast Pacific |