''Ciliopagurus galzini'' is a species of

hermit crab Hermit crabs are anomuran decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea that have adapted to occupy empty scavenged mollusc shells to protect their fragile exoskeletons. There are over 800 species of hermit crab, most of which possess an a ...

. It is one of four species in the "strigatus complex"; it resembles '' C. strigatus'', with the most prominent difference being coloration. It is common in the shallow intertidal waters of the

Tuamotus The Tuamotu Archipelago or the Tuamotu Islands (french: Îles Tuamotu, officially ) are a French Polynesian chain of just under 80 islands and atolls in the southern Pacific Ocean. They constitute the largest chain of atolls in the world, extendin ...

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Hermit crabs Crustaceans described in 2009 {{Decapod-stub