Roux's Hermit Crab (Diogenes pugilator)

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Diogenes pugilator

(Roux, 1829)

Roux's Hermit Crab

Also known as: Small Hermit Crab, South-Claw Hermit Crab

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About

Max size

1.1 cm

Taxonomy

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Diogenidae

Where to find it

common

occasional

rare

Other species in Diogenidae

Antillean Hermit Crab (Clibanarius antillensis)

Clibanarius antillensis

Antillean Hermit Crab

Great Red Hermit Crab (Dardanus calidus)

Dardanus calidus

Great Red Hermit Crab

Hermit Crab (Calcinus tubularis)

Calcinus tubularis

Hermit Crab

Bandeye Hermit (Paguristes tortugae)

Paguristes tortugae

Bandeye Hermit

Blue-Eye Hermit (Paguristes sericeus)

Paguristes sericeus

Blue-Eye Hermit

Giant Hermit (Petrochirus diogenes)

Petrochirus diogenes

Giant Hermit

Paguristes eremita

Paguristes eremita

Widestripe Hermit (Clibanarius sclopetarius)

Clibanarius sclopetarius

Widestripe Hermit

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