Calcinus seurati

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.

Calcinus seurati
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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
  1. "Calcinus seurati Forest, 1951 whitebanded hermit". Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2020. SeaLifeBase.
  2. "Family Diogenidae HAWAII Calcinus seurati". Keoki Stender, MarinelifePhotography.com.
  3. 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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