Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Small White Hermit Crab
Calcinus minutus
Small White Hermit Crab
Category: Left-Handed Hermits
Scientific Name: Calcinus minutus
Size: Up to 0.5 in. (1.5 cm)  
Depth: 3-30 ft. (1-10 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Anomura (Infraorder)
      └Paguroidea (Superfamily)
       └Diogenidae (Family)
        └Calcinus (Genus)

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