Common Sand Hermit Crab

Diogenes is a genus of hermit crabs.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Common Sand Hermit Crab being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Pagurus minutus
• Diogenes senex
• Pagurus novizealandiae
• Clibanarius symmetricus
• Clibanarius longitarsus
• Pagurus filholi

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Diogenidae

Genus

Diogenes

Species

Diogenes brevirostris

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