Biology:Petrochirus

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Short description: Genus of crustacean

Petrochirus
Petrochirus diogenes 1.jpg
Petrochirus diogenes
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Diogenidae
Genus: Petrochirus
Stimpson, 1858

Petrochirus is a genus of hermit crabs of the family Diogenidae.[1] There are seven described species of the genus.[1] The genus was described by William Stimpson in 1858.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15732046 entry