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Left-handed Hermit Crab

Calcinus laevimanus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Hawaii.January 41, February 35, March 42, April 26, May 44, June 20, July 28, August 20, September 23, October 28, November 29, December 41.
Hawaii577
United States354
Taiwan86
China50
Taiwan Province46
Japan45
Okinawa Prefecture40
South Africa26
KwaZulu-Natal25
New Taipei25

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Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

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

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