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'''''Petrochirus diogenes''''' |
The '''Giant Hermit Crab'''<ref>https://irlspecies.org/taxa/index.php?taxon=8331&cl=36</ref> ('''''Petrochirus diogenes''''')is a species of marine [[hermit crab]]. This species lives in the [[Caribbean Sea]], and often inhabits [[conch]] shells.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=98200 |taxon=''Petrochirus diogenes''}}</ref> This species of hermit crab is large enough that it can inhabit a fully grown shell of the [[queen conch]]. It will attack and eat a conch, thus obtaining a meal and a shell.<ref name="Iversen">{{cite journal |author=E. S. Iversen, D. E. Jory & S. P. Bannerot |year=1986 |title=Predation on queen conchs, ''Strombus gigas'', in the Bahamas |journal=[[Bulletin of Marine Science]] |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=61–75 |url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/search/download;jsessionid=1trwnakgm76jc.alice?pub=infobike%3a%2f%2fumrsmas%2fbullmar%2f1986%2f00000039%2f00000001%2fart00003&mimetype=application%2fpdf }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It was originally described by [[Carl Linnaeus]] as ''Cancer diogenes'';<ref name="WoRMS_Cancer">{{cite web |author=P. Davie & M. Türkay |year=2010 |title=''Cancer'' Linnaeus, 1758 |publisher=[[World Register of Marine Species]] |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106876 |accessdate=August 29, 2010}}</ref> the [[specific name (zoology)|specific epithet]] honours [[Diogenes of Sinope]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.curioustaxonomy.net/etym/people.html |title=Etymology: Named after People |work=Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature |author=Mark Isaak |accessdate=September 8, 2010 |date=September 8, 2010}}</ref> |
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[[File:Petrochirus diogenes.jpg|thumbnail|left|''Petrochirus diogenes'' in a subadult shell of a queen conch.]] |
[[File:Petrochirus diogenes.jpg|thumbnail|left|''Petrochirus diogenes'' in a subadult shell of a queen conch.]] |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Diogenidae |
| Genus: | Petrochirus |
| Species: | P. diogenes
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The Giant Hermit Crab[1] (Petrochirus diogenes)is a species of marine hermit crab. This species lives in the Caribbean Sea, and often inhabits conch shells.[2] This species of hermit crab is large enough that it can inhabit a fully grown shell of the queen conch. It will attack and eat a conch, thus obtaining a meal and a shell.[3] It was originally described by Carl Linnaeus as Cancer diogenes;[4] the specific epithet honours Diogenes of Sinope.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ https://irlspecies.org/taxa/index.php?taxon=8331&cl=36
- ^ "Petrochirus diogenes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ E. S. Iversen, D. E. Jory & S. P. Bannerot (1986). "Predation on queen conchs, Strombus gigas, in the Bahamas". Bulletin of Marine Science. 39 (1): 61–75.[permanent dead link]
- ^ P. Davie & M. Türkay (2010). "Cancer Linnaeus, 1758". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
- ^ Mark Isaak (September 8, 2010). "Etymology: Named after People". Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature. Retrieved September 8, 2010.
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