Diogenes avarus is a species of left handed hermit crab (family Diogenidae) first described in 1865 by Camill Heller.[1]
In Australia, it is found in the sands of intertidal zones of the coasts of Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia.[1] It is also found in such zones on the coasts of Indo-west Pacific Ocean, the Red Sea and the coasts of Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.[1]