Tags: Crustacean.

Clibanarius erythropus is a species of hermit crab that lives in rockpools and sublittoral waters. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea Black Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean from the Azores to Brittany and as far north as the Channel Islands. Individuals may grow up to a carapace length of 15 millimetres (0.6 in).

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binomial authority
Pierre André Latreille
class
Malacostraca
family
Diogenidae
genus
Clibanarius
kingdom
Animal
order
Decapoda, Anomura
phylum
Arthropod, Crustacean
synonym
*Clibanarius misanthropus (Risso 1827), *Pagurus erythropus (Latreille 1818), *Pagurus hirsutus (Costa 1829–1838), *Pagurus misanthropus (Risso 1827), *Pagurus nigritarsis (Lucas 1846)

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