Diogenes avarus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Diogenidae |
Genus: | Diogenes |
Species: | D. avarus
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Binomial name | |
Diogenes avarus |
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]