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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. [{{Cite journal |last=Igawa |first=Momoko |last2=Kato |first2=Makoto |date=2017-09-20 |title=A new species of hermit crab, Diogenes heteropsammicola (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae), replaces a mutualistic sipunculan in a walking coral symbiosis |url=https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0184311 |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=12 |issue=9 |pages=e0184311 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0184311 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=5606932 |pmid=28931020}}] |
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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. [{{Cite journal |last=Igawa |first=Momoko |last2=Kato |first2=Makoto |date=2017-09-20 |title=A new species of hermit crab, Diogenes heteropsammicola (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae), replaces a mutualistic sipunculan in a walking coral symbiosis |url=https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0184311 |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=12 |issue=9 |pages=e0184311 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0184311 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=5606932 |pmid=28931020}}] |