Ciliopagurus tricolor
| Ciliopagurus tricolor | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Diogenidae |
| Genus: | Ciliopagurus |
| Species: | C. tricolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Ciliopagurus tricolor Forest, 1995 [1] | |
Ciliopagurus tricolor is a species of hermit crab native to Madagascar.[1] It is one of four species in the "strigatus complex", having morphological similarities to C. strigatus, with the most prominent variance being coloration.[2]
References
- ^ a b Patsy McLaughlin (2009). P. McLaughlin (ed.). "Ciliopagurus tricolor Forest, 1995". World Paguroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- ^ Poupin, Joseph; Malay, Marie Celia (2009). "Identification of a Ciliopagurus strigatus (Herbst, 1804) species-complex, with description of a new species from French Polynesia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae)" (PDF). Publications Scientifiques du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris: 209. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 19, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2010.