Diogenes heteropsammicola

Diogenes heteropsammicola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paguroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Anomura Superfamilia: Paguroidea

Familia: Diogenidae
Genus: Diogenes
Species: Diogenes heteropsammicola

Name

Diogenes heteropsammicola Igawa & Kato, 2017

Holotype: NSMT-Cr 25560, male (sl 1.3 mm), 17 May 2015.

Type locality: Oshima Strait, northeast of Kakeroma Island, Kagoshima, Japan 28°12.24'N, 129°14.48'E to 28°11.98'N, 129°14.78'E, 58–74 m, symbiotic with the coral Heteropsammia cochlea.

Paratypes:

• 1 male (sl 1.3 mm), Oshima Strait, northeast of Kakeroma Island, Kagoshima, Japan 28°12.37'N, 129°14.65'E to 28°12.22'N, 129°14.43'E, 65–75 m, symbiotic with the coral Heteropsammia cochlea, 16 November 2013, NSMT-Cr 25561;
• 1 male (sl 1.0 mm), Oshima Strait, northeast of Kakeroma Island, Kagoshima, Japan 28°12.43'N, 129°14.43'E to 28°12.18'N, 129°14.57'E, 58–74 m, symbiotic with the coral Heterocyathus alternatus, 14 May 2014, KUZ-Z1870;
• 1 female (sl 1.2 mm), Oshima Strait, northeast of Kakeroma Island, Kagoshima, Japan 28°12.23'N, 129°14.48'E to 28°12.44'N, 129°14.23'E, 62–77 m, symbiotic with the coral Heteropsammia cochlea, 29 November 2015, NSMT-Cr 25562.

ZooBank: 0D270CD7-EF12-4628-B4B3-DDD007905116

References

Primary references

• Igawa, M., Kato, M. 2017. A new species of hermit crab, Diogenes heteropsammicola (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae), replaces a mutualistic sipunculan in a walking coral symbiosis. PLoS ONE. 12(9): e0184311. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184311 Reference page. 

Links

• Diogenes heteropsammicola in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Diogenes heteropsammicola – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Diogenes heteropsammicola.
• ION
• Species-ID

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