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Mangrove Hermit Crab

Clibanarius lineatus

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) alvarosj, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 3, February 1, March 0, April 6, May 2, June 1, July 1, August 0, September 0, October 1, November 0, December 3.
Mexico18
Sonora7
Costa Rica7
Sinaloa5
Provincia Puntarenas5
Ecuador4
Baja California Sur2
Chiapas2
Guerrero2
Provincia Guanacaste2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilyLeft-handed Hermit Crabs · Diogenidae
GenusClibanarius

Sources

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