About this species
The giant hermit crab (Petrochirus diogenes) is a species of marine hermit crab. This species lives in the Caribbean Sea, and often inhabits conch shells. This species of hermit crab is large enough that it can inhabit a fully grown shell of the queen conch. It will attack and eat a conch, thus obtaining a meal and a shell. It was originally described by Carl Linnaeus as Cancer diogenes; the specific epithet honours Diogenes of Sinope.
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Petrochirus diogenes is een heremietkreeft uit de familie van de Diogenidae. De soort komt voor in het Caraïbisch gebied en de aangrenzende kusten van het Westen van de Atlantische Oceaan.
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巨寄居蟹(学名Petrochirus diogenes),又名活额石螯寄居蟹,是一种巨型的水生寄居蟹。它们分布在加勒比海,居住在海螺之内。它们的体型很巨大,能完全霸占女王凤凰螺的壳。它们会攻击及吃了女王凤凰螺,并霸占其壳。
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Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Class | Malacostraca |
| Order | Decapoda |
| Family | Diogenidae |
| Genus | Petrochirus |





