Petrochirus diogenes is a giant marine hermit crab. This species lives in the Caribbean Sea, and often inhabits conch shells. This species of hermit crab is large enough that it can inhabit a fully grown shell of Lobatus gigas. It will attack and eat a conch, thus obtaining a meal and a shell.
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Africa sotto i mari (1953)
The Sea Around Us (1953)
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Blue Planet II (2017)
Ocean's Weirdest (2022)
Barney's Barrier Reef (2010)