Gaimard's Hermit Crab (species: Calcinus gaimardii) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Calcinus gaimardii
Gaimard's Hermit Crab


©Anne Hoggett: Calcinus gaimardii among mangrove roots at Mangrove Beach, Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Calcinus gaimardii among mangrove roots at Mangrove Beach, Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family Diogenidae
Genus Calcinus
Species Calcinus gaimardii

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island Field Guide

Distinguishing features

Orange/brown legs and claws. Left clawed leg much larger than right (as in all species of Calcinus; Jones and Morgan, 1994). Eyestalks orange or brown tipped with blue.

Malay et al (2018) note that live colouration is invaluable in species identification of Calcinus.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Jones, D.S. and G.J. Morgan (1994). A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Australian Waters Reed, Sydney. ISBN: 0 7301 0403 6.

Other references

  • Malay, M.C.G., D.L. Rahayu and T.-Y. Chan (2018). Hermit crabs of the genera Calcinus Dana, Clibanarius Dana, and Dardanus Paul’son from the PANGLAO 2004 Expedition, with description of a new species and a checklist of the hermit crabs of the Philippines (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguroidea). Raffles Buletin of Zoology, 66: 23-65. LIRS catalog number 90415.