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Petrochirus diogenes (Giant Hermit Crab)
Scientific name: Petrochirus diogenes

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Arthropoda → Subphylum Crustacea → Superclass Multicrustacea → Class Malacostraca → Subclass Eumalacostraca → Superorder Eucarida → Order Decapoda → Suborder Pleocyemata → Infraorder Anomura → Superfamily Paguroidea → Family Diogenidae → Genus Petrochirus

Common name: Giant Hermit Crab
Locations: Caribbean
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesHermit Crabs
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Petrochirus diogenes (Giant Hermit Crab)
Petrochirus diogenes (Giant Hermit Crab)
In a piece of debris where its soft body is visible
Petrochirus diogenes (Giant Hermit Crab)
Petrochirus diogenes (Giant Hermit Crab)
Petrochirus diogenes (Giant Hermit Crab)
Petrochirus diogenes (Giant Hermit Crab)
Petrochirus diogenes (Giant Hermit Crab)
They have little tufts of hair on their eye stalks
Petrochirus diogenes (Giant Hermit Crab)
Petrochirus diogenes (Giant Hermit Crab)
Petrochirus diogenes (Giant Hermit Crab)
They're actually pretty giant
Petrochirus diogenes (Giant Hermit Crab)
Petrochirus diogenes (Giant Hermit Crab)
Petrochirus diogenes (Giant Hermit Crab)
Petrochirus diogenes (Giant Hermit Crab)
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