Diogenes senex is a species of left handed hermit crab (family Diogenidae) first described in 1865 by Camill Heller.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Diogenes senex 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
- Diogenes ponticus
- Pagurus minutus
- Diogenes brevirostris
- Pagurus maclaughlinae
- Diogenes pugilator
- Diogenes pallescens
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Diogenidae
- Genus
- Diogenes
- Species
- Diogenes senex
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