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Diogenes pugilator

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Wikipedia Abstract

Diogenes pugilator is a species of hermit crab, sometimes called the small hermit crab or south-claw hermit crab, with a maximum carapace length of 5.45 mm (0.215 in). It is found from the coast of Angola as far north as the North Sea, and eastwards through the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Red Sea. Populations of D. pugilator may be kept in check by the predatory crab Liocarcinus depurator.
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Predators

Bothus podas (Wide-eyed flounder)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Nectonema agile[2]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Growth and diet of Bothus podas (Pisces: Bothidae) in the Central Mediterranean Sea, P. SCHINTU, M. PASSARIELLO, A. BELLUSCIO and G.D. ARDIZZONE, SCI. MAR., 58(4): 359-361 (1994)
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0