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””'[[Diogenes heteropsammicola]]””’ is a species of [[hermit crab]] that lives within "walking corals" of the genera ”[[Heterocyathus]]” and ”[[Heteropsammia]]”.
[[File:Diogenes heteropsammicola hermit crab, in and out of coral.png|thumb|center|Diogenes heteropsammicola in a walking coral (left) and swimming freely (right)]]
These coral have an internal cavity that is typically occupied by a symbiotic [[Sipuncula|sipunculan worm]]; in the crab’s habitat in the [[Ōshima Straight]] south of [[Amami Ōshima]], it is often found inside the corals instead.