Ciliopagurus tricolor explained

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.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Poupin . Joseph . Malay, Marie Celia . Identification of a Ciliopagurus strigatus (Herbst, 1804) species-complex, with description of a new species from French Polynesia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae) . Publications Scientifiques du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris . 2009 . . August 27, 2010 . 209 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719102441/http://decapoda.ecole-navale.fr/pdf/poupin-malay-2009-ciliopagurus.pdf . July 19, 2011 .