Paguristes frontalis

Paguristes frontalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Diogenidae
Genus: Paguristes
Species:
P. frontalis
Binomial name
Paguristes frontalis

Paguristes frontalis is a hermit crab, in the family Diogenidae. P. frontalis is left-handed. Its left hand is either larger or equal in size with the right. Paguristes frontalis lives in the waters of South Australia to Western Australia. They can go in water as shallow as 8 metres. The estimated length of P. frontalis is 8 centimetres. P. frontalis can have the ability to carry a shell 15 cm long. Paguristes frontalis commonly preys on dead animals. At other times, P. frontalis may be able to catch other crabs and other living prey.

References

  1. ^ "Paguristes frontalis (H. Milne-Edwards, 1836)". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved 28 December 2009.


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