Biology:Diogenes avarus

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Short description: Species of crustacean

Diogenes avarus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Diogenidae
Genus: Diogenes
Species:
D. avarus
Binomial name
Diogenes avarus
Heller, 1865 [1]

Diogenes avarus is a species of left-handed hermit crab (family Diogenidae) first described in 1865 by Camill Heller.[1][2]

In Australia, it is found in the sands of intertidal zones of the coasts of Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia.[1] It is also found in such zones on the coasts of Indo-west Pacific Ocean, the Red Sea and the coasts of Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13573173 entry