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Diogenes avarus

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Species of crustacean

Diogenes avarus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 

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

In Australia, it is found in the sands of intertidal zones of the coasts of Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia. 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.

References

  1. ^ "Species Diogenes avarus Heller, 1865". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  2. Camill Heller (1865). "Crustaceen". Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair (in German). Wikidata Q126943020.

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Taxon identifiers
Diogenes avarus


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