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””'[[Diogenes heteropsammicola]]””’ is a species of [[hermit crab]] that lives within “walking corals” of the genera ”[[Heterocyathus]]” and ”[[Heteropsammia]]”.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Igawa |first=Momoko |last2=Kato |first2=Makoto |date=2017-09-20 |editor-last=Thuesen |editor-first=Erik V. |title=A new species of hermit crab, Diogenes heteropsammicola (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae), replaces a mutualistic sipunculan in a walking coral symbiosis |url=https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184311 |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=12 |issue=9 |pages=e0184311 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0184311 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=5606932 |pmid=28931020}}</ref> |
””'[[Diogenes heteropsammicola]]””’ is a species of [[hermit crab]] that lives within “walking corals” of the genera ”[[Heterocyathus]]” and ”[[Heteropsammia]]”.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Igawa |first=Momoko |last2=Kato |first2=Makoto |date=2017-09-20 |editor-last=Thuesen |editor-first=Erik V. |title=A new species of hermit crab, Diogenes heteropsammicola (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae), replaces a mutualistic sipunculan in a walking coral symbiosis |url=https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184311 |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=12 |issue=9 |pages=e0184311 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0184311 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=5606932 |pmid=28931020}}</ref> |
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[[File:Diogenes heteropsammicola hermit crab, in and out of coral.png|thumb|center|Diogenes heteropsammicola in a walking coral (left) and swimming freely (right)]] |
[[File:Diogenes heteropsammicola hermit crab, in and out of coral.png|thumb|center|Diogenes heteropsammicola in a walking coral (left) and swimming freely (right)]] |
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These coral have an internal cavity that is typically occupied by a symbiotic [[Sipuncula|sipunculan worm]]; in the crab’s habitat in the [[Ōshima Straight]] south of [[Amami Ōshima]], it is often found inside the corals instead. |
These coral have an internal cavity that is typically occupied by a symbiotic [[Sipuncula|sipunculan worm]]; in the crab’s habitat in the [[Ōshima Straight]] south of [[Amami Ōshima]], it is often found inside the corals instead. |
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Diogenes heteropsammicola is a species of hermit crab that lives within “walking corals” of the genera Heterocyathus and Heteropsammia.[1]
These coral have an internal cavity that is typically occupied by a symbiotic sipunculan worm; in the crab’s habitat in the Ōshima Straight south of Amami Ōshima, it is often found inside the corals instead.[1]
