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Diogenes curvimanus Diogenes Hermit Crab

Diogenes curvimanus is commonly referred to as Diogenes Hermit Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Diogenes curvimanus,Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FR 2022


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lexID:
18536 
AphiaID:
1552804 
Scientific:
Diogenes curvimanus 
German:
Diogenes Einsiedlerkrebs 
English:
Diogenes Hermit Crab 
Category:
Hermit Crabs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Diogenes (Genus) > curvimanus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Clément, ), 1874 
Occurrence:
the North Sea, East-Atlantic Ocean, France, Portugal, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Beach, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Wadden Sea 
Size:
0" - 0" (0,3cm - 0,5cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 
Food:
omnivore 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-08-10 16:24:06 

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Diogenes curvimanus (Clément, 1874)

Synonymised names
Pagurus curvimanus Clément, 1874 · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

  1. researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 10.08.2026.
  2. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 10.08.2026.

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