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Ciliopagurus tricolor

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Species of crustacean

Ciliopagurus tricolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Diogenidae
Genus: Ciliopagurus
Species: C. tricolor
Binomial name
Ciliopagurus tricolor
Forest, 1995 

Ciliopagurus tricolor is a species of hermit crab native to Madagascar. It is one of four species in the "strigatus complex", having morphological similarities to C. strigatus, with the most prominent variance being coloration.

References

  1. ^ Patsy McLaughlin (2009). P. McLaughlin (ed.). "Ciliopagurus tricolor Forest, 1995". World Paguroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
  2. Poupin, Joseph; Malay, Marie Celia (2009). "Identification of a Ciliopagurus strigatus (Herbst, 1804) species-complex, with description of a new species from French Polynesia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae)" (PDF). Publications Scientifiques du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris: 209. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 19, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
Taxon identifiers
Ciliopagurus tricolor
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