Diogenes pugilator

Tags: Crustacean.

Diogenes pugilator is a species of hermit crab sometimes called the small hermit crab with a maximum carapace length of 5.45 mm (0.215 in). It is found from the coast of Angola as far north as the North Sea and eastwards through the Mediterranean Sea Black Sea and Red Sea. Populations of D. pugilator may be kept in check by the predatory crab Liocarcinus depurator.

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class

Malacostraca

family

Diogenidae

genus

Diogenes (genus)

kingdom

Animal

order

Decapoda

phylum

Arthropod, Crustacean

synonym

*Pagurus algarbiensis (de Brito Capello 1875), *Pagurus arenarius (Lucas 1846), *Pagurus bocagii (de Brito Capello 1875), *Pagurus curvimanus (Clement 1874), *Pagurus dillwynii (Bate 1851), *Pagurus dilwynnii (Alcock 1905), *Pagurus lafonit (Fischer 1872), *Pagurus ponticus (Kessler 1860), *Pagurus pugilator (Roux 1829), *Pagurus varians (Costa 1838), *Pagurus dillvyni (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier 1900)