Ciliopagurus Temporal range:
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Halloween hermit crab, C. strigatus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Diogenidae |
Genus: |
Ciliopagurus Forest, 1995 [1] |
Type species | |
Cancer strigatus
[2]
Herbst, 1804
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Ciliopagurus is a genus of hermit crabs, of the family Diogenidae, which are sometimes referred to as the "left-handed hermit crabs", [3] because in contrast to most other hermit crabs, the left chela ( claw) is enlarged instead of the right. They are found in the Indo-Pacific region and in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. [2]
Ciliopagurus Temporal range:
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Halloween hermit crab, C. strigatus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Diogenidae |
Genus: |
Ciliopagurus Forest, 1995 [1] |
Type species | |
Cancer strigatus
[2]
Herbst, 1804
|
Ciliopagurus is a genus of hermit crabs, of the family Diogenidae, which are sometimes referred to as the "left-handed hermit crabs", [3] because in contrast to most other hermit crabs, the left chela ( claw) is enlarged instead of the right. They are found in the Indo-Pacific region and in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. [2]