Diogenes albimanus Whitehand Hermit Crab

Diogenes albimanus is commonly referred to as Whitehand Hermit Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Georgina Jones (CC-BY-SA), Cape Town

Diogenes albimanus,doodles Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique 2025 (CC-BY-SA)

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lexID:: 18208
AphiaID:: 1060200

Scientific:: Diogenes albimanus
German:: Weißhand Einsiedlerkrebs
English:: Whitehand Hermit Crab

Category:: Paguri

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Diogenes (Genus) > albimanus (Species)
Initial determination:: Landschoff & Rahayu, 2018

Occurrence:: KwaZulu-Natal (Province East Coast South Africa), South-Africa
Marine Zone:: Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters
Sea depth:: Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Food:: No reliable information available
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown