Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Crustacea Superfamily Paguroidea Scientific name Petrochirus diogenes Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Decapoda Family Diogenidae Higher classification Petrochirus | |
Similar Hermit crab, Crustacean, Diogenidae, Decapoda, Anomura |
Giant hermit crab petrochirus diogenes
Petrochirus diogenes is a giant marine hermit crab. This species lives in the Caribbean Sea, and often inhabits conch shells. This species of hermit crab is large enough that it can inhabit a fully grown shell of Lobatus gigas. It will attack and eat a conch, thus obtaining a meal and a shell. It was originally described by Carl Linnaeus as Cancer diogenes; the specific epithet honours Diogenes of Sinope.
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