Maui, Hawaii
Big Island, Hawaii
Laurent's Hermit Crab
Calcinus laurentae
Laurent's Hermit Crab
Category: Left-Handed Hermits
Scientific Name: Calcinus laurentae
Size: Up to 0.25 in. (0.75 cm)
Depth: 20-100 ft. (6-30 m)
Distribution: Hawaii (Endemic)
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
└Multicrustacea (Superclass)
└Malacostraca (Class)
└Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
└Eucarida (Superorder)
└Decapoda (Order)
└Pleocyemata (Suborder)
└Anomura (Infraorder)
└Paguroidea (Superfamily)
└Diogenidae (Family)
└Calcinus (Genus)
└C. laurentae (Species)
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