Diogenes senex
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Diogenidae |
| Genus: | Diogenes |
| Species: | D. senex
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Diogenes senex is a species of left handed hermit crab (family Diogenidae) first described in 1865 by Camill Heller.[1][2]
It is endemic to Australia, where it is found in estuaries, and intertidal flats in the muddy sands of subtidal zones of the coasts of New South Wales, the Northern Territory, and Queensland.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Species Diogenes senex Heller, 1865". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
- ^ 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.
External links[edit]
- Occurrence data from GBIF
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