Tag Archive for 'Diogenidae'

Strigopagurus fragarchela. Image credit: Queensland Museum.

New Species of Hermit Crab Discovered in Australia

Nov 12, 2024 by Natali Anderson

Marine biologists at Queensland Museum Kurilpa have described a new species of hermit crab, Strigopagurus fragarchela (common name is the strawberry-clawed...

Cancellus heatherae, female holotype, shield length - 4 mm: (A) habitus, dorsal; (B) habitus, right side; (C) habitus, ventral; (D) sixth tergite and telson, dorsal. Image credit: Felder & Lemaitre, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4890.4.10.

New Species of Hermit Crab Discovered in Gulf of Mexico

Dec 29, 2020 by Natali Anderson

Marine biologists from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History have described a new species of...