Ciliopagurus galzini

Ciliopagurus galzini
Ciliopagurus galzini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Superfamily: Paguroidea
Family: Diogenidae
Genus: Ciliopagurus
Species: C. galzini
Binomial name
Ciliopagurus galzini
Poupin & Malay, 2009 [1]

Ciliopagurus galzini is a species of hermit crab.[1] It is one of four species in the "strigatus complex"; it resembles C. strigatus, with the most prominent difference being coloration. It is common in the shallow intertidal waters of the Tuamotus.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b McLaughlin, Patsy (2009). "Ciliopagurus galzini Poupin & Malay, 2009". World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367477. Retrieved 26 August 2010. 
  2. ^ Poupin, Joseph; Malay, Marie Celia (2009). "Identifi cation of a Ciliopagurus strigatus (Herbst, 1804) species-complex, with description of a new species from French Polynesia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae)". Publications Scientifi ques du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris: 209. http://decapoda.ecole-navale.fr/pdf/poupin-malay-2009-ciliopagurus.pdf. Retrieved 27 August 2010. 


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