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Striped-leg Hermit Crab

Clibanarius taeniatus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 10, February 12, March 14, April 15, May 7, June 9, July 11, August 11, September 19, October 17, November 18, December 8.
Australia151
New South Wales70
Queensland65
Western Australia16

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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