| Calcinus seurati | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Calcinidae |
| Genus: | Calcinus |
| Species: | C. seurati |
| Binomial name | |
| Calcinus seurati Forest, 1951 | |
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. Archived from the original on 2019-12-28. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
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