Aniculus aniculus, the red hermit crab[1] or scaly-legged hermit crab,[2] is a species of aquatic hermit crab of the family Diogenidae. It is distributed across French Polynesia in the Gambier, Marquesas, Society, and Tuamotu archipelagoes.[3] It has also been recorded in the Mozambique Channel and around Mauritius.[4] Of the species in the genus Aniculus, only it and A. ursus are considered common.[5] The species is the host of the parasitic isopod Parathelges aniculi,[6] and it is one of several hermit crabs preyed upon by Nautilus macromphalus.[7]
Aniculusaniculus, the red hermit crab or scaly-legged hermit crab, is a species of aquatic hermit crab of the family Diogenidae. It is distributed across...
Aniculus is a genus of aquatic hermit crab of the family Calcinidae. The following species are currently accepted within Aniculus: Aniculusaniculus (J...
of Aniculus Dana (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from Hawaii" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 109 (2): 299–305. "Aniculus hopperae...
Aniculus maximus, the hairy yellow hermit crab or large hairy hermit crab, is an aquatic hermit crab of the family Diogenidae. Their colour ranges from...
currently accepted within Calcinidae: Allodardanus Haig & Provenzano, 1965 Aniculus Dana, 1852 Bathynarius Forest, 1989 Calcinus Dana, 1851 Ciliopagurus Forest...
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