Diogenes senex Heller, 1865 is a animal in the Diogenidae family, order Decapoda, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Diogenes senex Heller, 1865
Diogenes senex is a left-handed hermit crab endemic to Australia, first described by Camill Heller in 1865.
Diogenes senex Heller, 1865 is a species of left-handed hermit crab that belongs to the family Diogenidae. This species was first formally described in 1865 by Camill Heller. It is endemic to Australia. Within Australia, it can be found in estuaries and intertidal flats, and also occurs in the muddy sands of subtidal coastal zones across New South Wales, the Northern Territory, and Queensland.
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Dardanus gemmatus (H.Milne-Edwards, 1848)
Dardanus calidus (Risso, 1827)
Petrochirus diogenes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dardanus lagopodes (Forskål, 1775)
Calcinus guamensis Wooster, 1984
Calcinus latens (J.W.Randall, 1840)
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