Invertebrateverified

Clibanarius erythropus

(Latreille, 1818)

Mediterranean Intertidal Hermit Crab

Also known as: Mediterranean Rocky Shore Hermit Crab, Hermit Crab, Saint Piran's Hermit Crab, St. Piran's Crab

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Taxonomy

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Diogenidae

Where to find it

common

Montenegro

occasional

AlbaniaGreeceMalta

rare

Cyprus

Other species in Diogenidae

Clibanarius antillensis

Antillean Hermit Crab

Dardanus calidus

Great Red Hermit Crab

Diogenes pugilator

Roux's Hermit Crab

Calcinus tubularis

Hermit Crab

Paguristes tortugae

Bandeye Hermit

Paguristes sericeus

Blue-Eye Hermit

Petrochirus diogenes

Giant Hermit

Paguristes eremita