Location: Moorea, French Polynesia
Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and
Indo-Pacific Reefs
Bright Hermit Crab
Calcinus nitidus
Bright Hermit Crab
Category: Left-Handed Hermits
Scientific Name: Calcinus nitidus
Size: Up to 0.5 in. (1 cm)
Distribution: Fiji, French Polynesia
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. nitidus (Species)
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