Aniculus maximus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Diogenidae |
Genus: | Aniculus |
Species: | A. maximus
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Binomial name | |
Aniculus maximus Edmondson, 1952
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Aniculus maximus, the hairy yellow hermit crab or large hairy hermit crab, is an aquatic hermit crab of the family Diogenidae.
Their colour ranges from intense red to golden yellow. They have yellow hairy legs. Their shield is marked with a series of furrows. [2]
They are omnivores eating both algae and fishes. They may opportunistically prey on helpless organisms.
They are found in the Indo-Pacific region. [3]
They may be used as aquarium cleaning crabs and may be used to check algae growth, but they may attack tank mates and reefs.
Aniculus maximus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Diogenidae |
Genus: | Aniculus |
Species: | A. maximus
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Binomial name | |
Aniculus maximus Edmondson, 1952
[1]
|
Aniculus maximus, the hairy yellow hermit crab or large hairy hermit crab, is an aquatic hermit crab of the family Diogenidae.
Their colour ranges from intense red to golden yellow. They have yellow hairy legs. Their shield is marked with a series of furrows. [2]
They are omnivores eating both algae and fishes. They may opportunistically prey on helpless organisms.
They are found in the Indo-Pacific region. [3]
They may be used as aquarium cleaning crabs and may be used to check algae growth, but they may attack tank mates and reefs.