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Small hermit crab. Cangrejo ermitaño

Diogenes pugilator

Description:

The meaning of the scientific name is very nice: Diogenes because he lives in a shell and pugilator because it has a larger clip than the other and seems to carry a shield fighter.----------------------- El significado del nombre científico es muy simpático: Diogenes porque vive en una caracola y Pugilator porque tiene una pinza más grande que la otra y parece que lleve un escudo de púgil.

Habitat:

Aguas someras de la laguna salada del Mar Menor (Murcia).

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2 Comments

eulalia rubio
eulalia rubio 10 years ago

Thanks, Ava.

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 10 years ago

Nice series, eulilia.

eulalia rubio
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eulalia rubio

San Javier, Región de Murcia, Spain

Spotted on Oct 15, 2013
Submitted on Oct 15, 2013

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