Species Calcinus seurati Forest, 1951

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

East Indo-west Central Pacific (Tuamotu, Society, Hawai'ian, and Mariana Islands).


IMCRA

Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23)

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral.

Extra Ecological Information

High intertidal and splash zones, rocky platforms, shows preference for globose gastropod shells such as nerites.

 

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 [898]

 

History of changes

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12-Feb-2010 (import)