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Diogenes heteropsammicola is a species of hermit crab that lives within "walking corals" of the genera Heterocyathus and Heteropsammia.[1]
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These coral have an internal cavity that is typically occupied by a symbiotic sipunculan worm; in the crab's habitat in the Ōshima Straight south of Amami Ōshima, it is often found inside the corals instead. Diogenes heteropsammicola is a species of hermit crab that lives within "walking corals" of the genera Heterocyathus and Heteropsammia.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Diogenes_heteropsammicola_hermit_crab%2C_in_and_out_of_coral.png/220px-Diogenes_heteropsammicola_hermit_crab%2C_in_and_out_of_coral.png)
These coral have an internal cavity that is typically occupied by a symbiotic sipunculan worm; in the crab's habitat in the Ōshima Straight south of Amami Ōshima, it is often found inside the corals instead.
- ^ Igawa, Momoko; Kato, Makoto (20 September 2017). "A new species of hermit crab, Diogenes heteropsammicola (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae), replaces a mutualistic sipunculan in a walking coral symbiosis". PLOS ONE. pp. e0184311. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0184311.
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