Anderson's Blanket-Crab. 1902. Hermit crabs; Chlaenopagurus.
Description:
Anderson's Blanket-Crab. Chlaenopagurus andersoni, with its protective planket of sea-anemones. This large hermit-crab, which was discovered by Dr. A. R. S. Anderson off the Malabar coast, living at a depth of 102 fathoms, does not at any time of life use a shell as a refuge, but is always accompanied by a particular species of sea-anemones
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- Eumalacostraca
- Eucarida
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- Paguroidea (Hermit Crabs)
- Diogenidae
- Paguropsis
- Paguropsis typica
- Panarthropoda
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