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Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Diogenidae left-handed hermit crabs

Genus: Calcinus

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35 species (see list below)
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Calcinus albengai
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Calcinus anani
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Calcinus argus
[Argus hermit]
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Calcinus dapsiles
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Bourjon, Philippe

Indo-Pacific.

Calcinus elegans(Milne-Edwards, 1836)

Photo by Bourjon, Philippe
 
Calcinus elegans
[Elegant hermit]
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Calcinus explorator
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Calcinus fuscus
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific.

Calcinus gaimardii(Milne-Edwards, 1848)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Calcinus gaimardii
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Calcinus gouti
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Calcinus guamensis
[Guam hermit]
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Calcinus haigae
[Darkglove hermit]
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Calcinus hakahau
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Calcinus hazletti
[Hawaiian whitefoot hermit]
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Calcinus imperialis
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Calcinus inconspicuus
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Calcinus isabellae
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Bourjon, Philippe

Indo-Pacific

Calcinus laevimanus(Randall, 1840)

Photo by Bourjon, Philippe
 
Calcinus laevimanus
[Hawaiian hermit]

Bourjon, Philippe

Indo-Pacific.

Calcinus latens(Randall, 1840)

Photo by Bourjon, Philippe
 
Calcinus latens
[Hidden hermit]
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Calcinus laurentae
[Redleg calcinus]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific

Calcinus lineapropodusMorgan & Forest, 1991

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Calcinus lineapropodus
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Calcinus mclaughlinae
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific

Calcinus minutusBuitendijk, 1937

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Calcinus minutus
[Small whiten hermit crab]
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Calcinus morgani
[Morgan's hermit crab]
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Calcinus nitidus
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Calcinus orchidae
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Calcinus pascuensis
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Calcinus pictus
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific.

Calcinus pulcherForest, 1958

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Calcinus pulcher
[Pretty hermit crab]
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Calcinus revi
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Calcinus rosaceus
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Calcinus seurati
[Whitebanded hermit]
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Calcinus spicatus
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Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Calcinus tibicen
[Orangeclaw hermit]
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Calcinus vachoni
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Calcinus vanninii
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