Calcinus seurati
Calcinus seurati | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | |
Genus: | Calcinus |
Species: | C. seurati
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Binomial name | |
Calcinus seurati Forest, 1951
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Calcinus seurati, commonly known as Seurat's hermit crab or whitebanded hermit, is a species of hermit crab in the family Diogenidae.[1] It was first described by French carcinologist Jacques Forest in 1951.
Description[]
Walking legs banded black and white, claws light or dark gray.[2]
Range[]
Found in high intertidal pools in the Pacific Ocean, from the Hawaiian Islands to Taiwan.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Calcinus seurati Forest, 1951 whitebanded hermit". Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2020. SeaLifeBase.
- ^ "Family Diogenidae HAWAII Calcinus seurati". Keoki Stender, MarinelifePhotography.com.
- ^ Shih, Hsi-Te; Lee, Sin-Che (June 1997). "Identity of two hermit crabs, Calcinus vachoni Forest, 1958 and C. seurati Forest, 1951, from the coral reefs of Taiwan". Journal of Taiwan Museum. 50 (1): 21–31.
External links[]
Categories:
- Crab stubs
- Diogenidae
- Crustaceans of the Pacific Ocean
- Crustaceans described in 1951