Scientific Name: Diogenes rectimanus Miers 1884
English Name: Hermit crab
Hermit crab - - Diogenes rectimanus - Type: Crab

Photo: Ayegege (GBIF)

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Diogenidae
Description:
The left cheliped’s dactyl has a double row of spines along the upper margin. The upper surface of the palm is covered with an irregular triple row of spines. The carpus has a row of blunt spines along the upper edge, with the distal two or three being more prominent. The dactyls have nearly double rows of long, stiff, dense setae along their dorsal margins. The telson has a narrow median cleft, and both lobes of the terminal margins are lined with long spines interspersed with smaller ones. The ocular, antennal, and antennular peduncles have a pale orange-yellow color. The cheliped, dactyls, and propodi are either cream-colored or pale orange, with darker green-grey tubercles. The propodi, carpi, and meri have patches of darker green or brown.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Sonadia Island, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: ON997624  
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
IUCN conservation status:
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