Calcinus seurati
| Calcinus seurati | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Diogenidae |
| 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.
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