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Small hermit crab. Cangrejo ermitaño

Diogenes pugilator

Photo by eulalia rubio
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Field Notes

Description:

The meaning of the scientific name is very nice: Diogenes because he lives in a shell and pugilator because it has a larger clip than the other and seems to carry a shield fighter.-----------------------
El significado del nombre científico es muy simpático: Diogenes porque vive en una caracola y Pugilator porque tiene una pinza más grande que la otra y parece que lleve un escudo de púgil.

Habitat:

Aguas someras de la laguna salada del Mar Menor (Murcia).

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