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Ciliopagurus

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Ciliopagurus is a genus of hermit crabs, of the family Diogenidae, which are sometimes referred to as the "left-handed hermit crabs", because in contrast to most other hermit crabs, the left chela (claw) is enlarged instead of the right. They are found in the Indo-Pacific region and in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

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Vinony's link graph records 24 inbound references to Ciliopagurus, and connects out to Halloween hermit crab, Animalia and Atlantic Ocean.

Vinony files it under Diogenidae, Extant Rupelian first appearances and Rupelian genus first appearances.

Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

ワモンヤドカリ属

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassMalacostraca
  4. OrderDecapoda
  5. FamilyDiogenidae
Habitatmarine, freshwater
Observations321

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
27
With media
5
Family
Diogenidae
Collections
MNHN, NMV, USNM, WAM, UF
Recorded in
Nouvelle-Caledonie, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Ile Maurice, Scattered Islands, French Polynesia, Oman, Saudi Arabia

Wikidata facts

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Ciliopagurus strigatus.jpg
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Commons category
Ciliopagurus
taxon name
Ciliopagurus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Ciliopagurus is a genus of hermit crabs, of the family Diogenidae, which are sometimes referred to as the "left-handed hermit crabs", because in contrast to most other hermit crabs, the left chela (claw) is enlarged instead of the right. They are found in the Indo-Pacific region and in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

==Species==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ciliopagurus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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