Kingdom Animalia Class Malacostraca Family Diogenidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Decapoda | Subphylum Crustacea Superfamily Paguroidea Scientific name Ciliopagurus Rank Genus | |
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Similar Halloween hermit crab, Calcinus, Calcinus elegans, Dardanus, Diogenidae | ||
Gomez the halloween hermit crab ciliopagurus strigatus
Ciliopagurus is a genus of hermit crabs, of the family Diogenidae, which are sometimes referred to as the "left-handed hermit crabs", because in contrast to most other hermit crabs, the left chela (claw) is enlarged instead of the right. They are found in the Indo-Pacific region and in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
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