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Manucomplanus varians (Benedict, 1892)

Cangrejo Ermitaño, Hermit Crabs

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Suborder
Pleocyemata

Superfamily
Paguroidea

Family
Paguridae

Genus
Manucomplanus

Species
varians

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Eupagurus (Elassochirus) varians Benedict, 1892 (Horton et al., 2021); Pylopagurus varians H. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1891

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Manucomplanus varians", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19853. Accessed 4 November 2026.