Diogenes heteropsammicola is a species of hermit crab that lives within " walking corals" of the genera Heterocyathus and Heteropsammia.
These
coral have an internal cavity that is typically occupied by a symbiotic
sipunculan worm; in the crab's habitat in the
Ōshima Straight south of
Amami Ōshima, it is often found inside the corals instead.
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Diogenes heteropsammicola is a species of hermit crab that lives within " walking corals" of the genera Heterocyathus and Heteropsammia.
These
coral have an internal cavity that is typically occupied by a symbiotic
sipunculan worm; in the crab's habitat in the
Ōshima Straight south of
Amami Ōshima, it is often found inside the corals instead.
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