Blue-eyed Spotted Hermit Crab

Clibanarius digueti

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Diogenidae

Clibanarius digueti is a species of hermit crab that lives off the western coast of Mexico, and is abundant in the Gulf of California. It is known under various common names such as the Mexican hermit crab, the blue-eyed spotted hermit or the Gulf of California hermit crab. Description Both males and females of this species reach a length of approximately 2 centimetres (0.

Distribution

Blue-eyed Spotted Hermit Crab — (c) Bill Levine, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Mexico · 75

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Bill Levine, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionClibanarius digueti, Wikipedia contributors

Blue-eyed Spotted Hermit Crab

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