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Diogenes heteropsammicola is a species of hermit crab that lives within "walking corals" of the genera Heterocyathus and [[Heteropsammi</ref></ref></ref>[1]

Diogenes heteropsammicola in a walking coral (left) and swimming freely (right)

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.

Diogenes heteropsammicola in a walking coral (left) and swimming freely (right)

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.

  1. ^ Igawa,, Momoko; Kato, Makoto. "A new species of hermit crab, Diogenes heteropsammicola (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae), replaces a mutualistic sipunculan in a walking coral symbiosis". journals.plos.org/. Retrieved 28 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)