Calcinus elegans

Calcinus elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Diogenidae
Genus: Calcinus
Species: C. elegans
Binomial name
Calcinus elegans
(H. Milne-Edwards, 1836)
Synonyms [1]
  • Pagurus elegans H. Milne-Edwards, 1836
  • Pagurus pictus Owen, 1839
  • Pagurus decorus J. W. Randall, 1840

Calcinus elegans, the elegant hermit, is a hermit crab species in the genus Calcinus found in the Indo-West Pacific region.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 P. J. F. Davie (2002). "Calcinus elegans (H. Milne Edwards, 1836)". Crustacea: Malocostraca: Eucarida (Part 2), Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura. Volume 19 of Zoological Catalogue of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 39–40. ISBN 978-0-643-06792-9.
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