Diogenes (genus)

Diogenes
Diogenes pugilator
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Superfamily: Paguroidea
Family: Diogenidae
Genus: Diogenes
Dana, 1851 [1]
Type species
Pagurus miles Fabricius, 1787

Diogenes is a genus of hermit crabs.

References

  1. Patsy McLaughlin & Michael Türkay (2009). Patsy McLaughlin, ed. "Diogenes Dana, 1851". World Paguroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  2. Igawa, Momoko; Kato, Makoto (20 September 2017). "A new species of hermit crab, Diogenes heteropsammicola (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae), replaces a mutualistic sipunculan in a walking coral symbiosis". PLOS One. 12 (9): e0184311. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0184311. PMC 5606932. PMID 28931020.


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