Species Calcinus argus Wooster, 1984
- Calcinus argus Wooster, D.S. 1984. The genus Calcinus (Paguridea, Diogenidae) from the Mariana Islands, including three new species. Micronesica 18(2): 121-162 [133 fig. 3].
Type data:
Holotype BPBM ♀ (probable depository institution, but also possibly AHF; not located by Morgan, G.J. 1991. A review of the hermit crab genus Calcinus Dana (Crustacea: Decapoda: Diogenidae) from Australia, with descriptions of two new species. Invertebrate Taxonomy 5(4): 869–913 [871]), Adelup Point, Guam, Mariana Islands.
Paratype(s) BPBM 7 specimens (probable depository institution, but also possibly AHF; not located by Morgan (1991)), Guam.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
East Indo-west Pacific Oceans.
IMCRA
Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, coral rubble, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth to 25 m.
General References
Morgan, G.J. 1991. A review of the hermit crab genus Calcinus Dana (Crustacea: Decapoda: Diogenidae) from Australia, with descriptions of two new species. Invertebrate Taxonomy 5(4): 869-913 [871] (Australian record)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 24-Apr-2012 | 24-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |