Diogenes pugilator

Diogenes pugilator
	In a Tritia reticulata shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Diogenidae
Genus:	Diogenes
Species:	D. pugilator
Binomial name
	Diogenes pugilator; (Roux, 1829)
Synonyms
	Pagurus algarbiensis de Brito Capello, 1875; Pagurus arenarius Lucas, 1846; Pagurus bocagii de Brito Capello, 1875; Pagurus curvimanus Clement, 1874; Pagurus dillvyni A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1900; Pagurus dillwynii Bate, 1851; Pagurus dilwynnii Alcock, 1905; Pagurus lafonit Fischer, 1872; Pagurus ponticus Kessler, 1860; Pagurus pugilator Roux, 1829; Pagurus varians Costa, 1838;

Diogenes pugilator is a species of hermit crab, sometimes called the small hermit crab or south-claw hermit crab. It is found from the coast of Angola to as far north as the North Sea, and eastwards through the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Red Sea. Populations of D. pugilator may be kept in check by the predatory crab Liocarcinus depurator.

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