Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Crustacea Order Decapoda Scientific name Ciliopagurus galzini | Phylum Arthropoda Class Malacostraca Superfamily Paguroidea Rank Species | |
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Similar Dardanus lagopodes, Halloween hermit crab, Calcinus elegans, Dardanus, Diogenidae | ||
Ciliopagurus galzini is a species of hermit crab. It is one of four species in the "strigatus complex"; it resembles C. strigatus, with the most prominent difference being coloration. It is common in the shallow intertidal waters of the Tuamotus.
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