Ciliopagurus tricolor

Ciliopagurus tricolor
Ciliopagurus tricolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Diogenidae
Genus: Ciliopagurus
Species: C. tricolor
Binomial name
Ciliopagurus tricolor
Forest, 1995 [1]

Ciliopagurus tricolor is a species of hermit crab native to Madagascar.[1] It is one of four species in the "strigatus complex", having morphological similarities to C. strigatus, with the most prominent variance being coloration.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Patsy McLaughlin (2009). "Ciliopagurus tricolor Forest, 1995". In P. McLaughlin. World Paguroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367488. Retrieved August 26, 2010. 
  2. ^ Poupin, Joseph; Malay, Marie Celia (2009). "Identification of a Ciliopagurus strigatus (Herbst, 1804) species-complex, with description of a new species from French Polynesia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae)" (PDF). Publications Scientifiques du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris: 209. http://decapoda.ecole-navale.fr/pdf/poupin-malay-2009-ciliopagurus.pdf. Retrieved August 27, 2010. 


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