Clibanarius

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Clibanarius
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Clibanarius erythropus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Diogenidae
Genus: Clibanarius
Dana, 1852
Diversity
About 60 species

Clibanarius is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Diogenidae. Like other hermit crabs, their abdomen is soft-shelled and sheltered in a gastropod shell. Typically marine like all their relatives, the genus includes C. fonticola , the only known hermit crab species that spends all its life in freshwater. The feeding rates of Clibanarius species change with temperature which, given their broad distributions, may have considerable consequences for the stability reef systems as sea temperatures rise in the future. [1]

Contents

They are omnivores, but mostly prey on small animals and scavenge carrion. [2]

Species

As of 2025, about sixty valid species are recognized in Clibanarius; new species are discovered and described occasionally. Several former members have been re-assigned to other genera of Diogenidae, namely Bathynarius, Calcinus, Paguristes, Strigopagurus and Trizopagurus . [2]

The Clibanarius species are:

Else: Clibanarius elongatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848) is a nomen dubium .
See also:

References

  1. ↑ Pearson, Ryan M.; Jinks, Kristin I.; Brown, Christopher J.; Schlacher, Thomas A.; Connolly, Rod M. (2018). "Functional changes in reef systems in warmer seas: Asymmetrical effects of altered grazing by a widespread crustacean mesograzer". Science of the Total Environment. 644: 976–981. Bibcode:2018ScTEn.644..976P. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.051. hdl: 10072/382266 . ISSN   0048-9697. PMID   30743894. S2CID   53074768.
  2. 1 2 WoRMS Editorial Board (2025). Patsy McLaughlin (ed.). "Clibanarius Dana, 1852". World Paguroidea database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved October 15, 2025.


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