Calcinus is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Calcinidae, containing the following species:[1][2]
Calcinus albengai Poupin & Lemaitre, 2003
Calcinus anani Poupin & McLaughlin, 1998
Calcinus argus Wooster, 1984
Calcinus californiensis Bouvier, 1898
Calcinus chilensis (H. Milne Edwards, 1836)
Calcinus dapsiles Mogan, 1989
Calcinus elegans (H. Milne-Edwards, 1836)
Calcinus explorator Boone, 1930
Calcinus gaimardii (H. Milne-Edwards, 1848)
Calcinus gouti Poupin, 1997
Calcinus guamensis Wooster, 1984
Calcinus haigae Wooster, 1984
Calcinus hakahau Poupin & McLaughlin, 1998
Calcinus hazletti Haig & McLaughlin, 1984
Calcinus imperialis Whitelegge, 1901
Calcinus inconspicuus Morgan, 1991
Calcinus isabellae Poupin, 1997
Calcinus kurozumii Asakura & Tachikawa, 2000
Calcinus laevimanus (Randall, 1840)
Calcinus latens (Randall, 1840)
Calcinus laurentae Haig & McLaughlin, 1984
Calcinus lineapropodus Morgan & Forest, 1991
Calcinus mclaughlinae Poupin & Bouchard, 2006
Calcinus minutus Buitendijk, 1937
Calcinus morgani Rahayu & Forest, 1999
Calcinus nitidus Heller, 1865
Calcinus obscurus Stimpson, 1859
Calcinus orchidae Poupin, 1997
Calcinus paradoxus Bouvier, 1922
Calcinus pascuensis Haig, 1974
Calcinus pulcher Forest, 1958
Calcinus revi Poupin & McLaughlin, 1998
Calcinus rosaceus Heller, 1861
Calcinus seurati Forest, 1951
Calcinus sirius Morgan, 1991
Calcinus spicatus Forest, 1951
Calcinus talismani A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1892
Calcinus tibicen (Herbst, 1791)
Calcinus tropdiomanus Lewinsohn, 1981
Calcinus tubularis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Calcinus urabaensis Campos & Lemaitre, 1994
Calcinus vachoni Forest, 1958
Calcinus vanninii Gherardi & McLaughlin, 1994
Calcinus verrillii (Rathbun, 1901)
^Patsy A. McLaughlin; Tomoyuki Komai; Rafael Lemaitre; Dwi Listyo Rahayu (2010). Martyn E. Y. Low; S. H. Tan (eds.). "Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea) Part I – Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea" (PDF). Zootaxa. Suppl. 23: 5–107. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.
^Patsy McLaughlin; Michael Türkay (2010). P. McLaughlin (ed.). "Calcinus Dana, 1851". World Paguroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
found in individuals of the Indo-Pacific. Calcinus elegans is distinct from all other species in the Calcinus genus as it is the only one to be covered...
Indo-West Pacific near Hawaii. Calcinus argus is characterized by their unique colorization compared to other Calcinus species found in the same region...
Calcinus laurentae is a species of left-handed hermit crab in the family Diogenidae. The common name for Calcinus laurentae is Laurent's Hermit Crab or...
Calcinus laevimanus is a species of hermit crab in the genus Calcinus found in the Indo-West Pacific region, the type locality being Hawaii. It is also...
Calcinus verrillii, commonly known as Verrill's hermit crab, is a species of hermit crab in the genus Calcinus which is endemic to Bermuda. It was first...
Calcinus revi, commonly known as the white hermit crab, is a species of hermit crabs in the family Calcinidae. Calcinus revi reaches up to 1.5 cm (0.59 in)...
The genus Calcinus has its centre of diversity in the central Pacific Ocean, and only two species occur in the north-eastern Atlantic – Calcinus paradoxus...
Calcinus latens is a species of hermit crabs in the family Calcinidae. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Calcinus latens (Randall, 1840)". www...
Calcinus morgani, commonly known as Morgan's hermit crab, is a species of hermit crab in the family Diogenidae found in the Indo-West Pacific region, the...
Calcinus guamensis is a species of hermit crabs in the family Calcinidae. "New Records of Calcinus Hermit Crabs (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from Taiwan"...
the other crab to fall off. Some species such as Clibanarius tricolor, Calcinus tibicen and Pagurus miamensis are semi gregarious, showing unique behaviors...
Poupin J. & Bouchard J. M. 2006. The eastern Pacific species of the genus Calcinus Dana, 1851, with description of a new species from Clipperton Island (Decapoda...
yellowish-green. It could be confused with the orange-claw hermit crab (Calcinus tibicen) which is similar in size, but that species is generally darker...
but are now assigned to other genera of Diogenidae, namely Bathynarius, Calcinus, Paguristes, Strigopagurus and Trizopagurus. The Clibanarius species are:...
D., Tomoyuki Komai, and Tin-Yam Chan. "A new cryptic species in the “Calcinus anani Poupin & McLaughlin, 1998” species complex (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae):...
a herbivore, feeding on algae for example. Small hermit crabs, mostly Calcinus tibicen but also Paguristes punticeps and Paguristes cadenati have long...
they live in stabley. The shells are also used by hermit crabs, such as Calcinus verrillii, as shelter. The odd shapes of the worm snail shells affect the...
on phytoplankton and grow rapidly. In Bermuda, the endemic hermit crab Calcinus verrillii sometimes uses the vacated tube of Vermicularia spirata as a...
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