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Hidden Hermit Crab

Calcinus latens

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) shagitheyansuresh, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Hawaii.January 18, February 16, March 19, April 12, May 9, June 9, July 13, August 9, September 10, October 12, November 13, December 18.
Hawaii199
United States158
Australia36
New South Wales32
Taiwan30
Israel10
Southern District10
China10
Indonesia10
New Taipei10

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilyLeft-handed Hermit Crabs · Diogenidae
GenusCalcinus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Hidden Hermit Crab with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.