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Diogenes heteropsammicola is a species of hermit crab that lives within "walking corals"[1] of the genera Heterocyathus and Heteropsammia.

Diogenes heteropsammicola in a walking coral (left) and swimming freely (right)

These coral have an internal cavity that is typically occupied by a symbiotic sipunculan worm; in the crab's habitat in the Ōshima Straight south of Amami Ōshima, it is often found inside the corals instead. Diogenes heteropsammicola is a species of hermit crab that lives within "walking corals" of the genera Heterocyathus and Heteropsammia.[2]

Diogenes heteropsammicola in a walking coral (left) and swimming freely (right)

These coral have an internal cavity that is typically occupied by a symbiotic sipunculan worm; in the crab's habitat in the Ōshima Straight south of Amami Ōshima, it is often found inside the corals instead.

  1. ^ Kyoto University, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies. "NIH (National Institutes of Health)".
  2. ^ Almón, Bruno; Cuesta, Jose A.; García‐Raso, J. Enrique (2022-05). "Two new hermit crab species of Diogenes (Crustacea: Decapoda: Diogenidae) from Atlanto‐Mediterranean coasts of Iberian Peninsula: Poleward migrants or merely overlooked indigenous species?". Ecology and Evolution. 12 (5). doi:10.1002/ece3.8844. ISSN 2045-7758. PMC 9120568. PMID 35600683. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: PMC format (link)