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Petrochirus
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Petrochirus

Petrochirus is a genus of hermit crabs of the family Diogenidae. There are seven described species of the genus. The genus was described by William Stimpson in 1858.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Giant Hermit Crab

speciesPetrochirus diogenes

Big Claw Purple Hermit Crab

speciesPetrochirus californiensis

Petrochirus pustulatus

speciesPetrochirus pustulatus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 216691.