Ciliopagurus

Ciliopagurus
Temporal range: Rupelian–Recent
Halloween hermit crab, C. strigatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Diogenidae
Genus: Ciliopagurus
Forest, 1995 
Type species
Cancer strigatus 
Herbst, 1804

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

References

  1. ↑ Patsy McLaughlin (2009). P. McLaughlin (ed.). "Ciliopagurus Forest, 1995". World Paguroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
  2. 1 2 P. J. F. Davie (2002). "Diogenidae". Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2), Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura. Volume 19 of Zoological Catalogue of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 36–57. ISBN 978-0-643-06792-9.
  3. ↑ "Ciliopagurus Forest, 1995". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
  4. ↑ Ahyong, Shane T. (2023). "Ciliopagurus Forest, 1995". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 September 2024.