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Calcinus latens Hidden Hermit Crab, Green Hermit Crab

Calcinus latens wird umgangssprachlich als Einsiedlerkrebs bezeichnet. Es wird ein Aquarium von mindestens 50 Liter empfohlen.

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lexID:
897 
AphiaID:
208677 
Scientific:
Calcinus latens 
German:
Versteckt Lebender Einsiedlerkrebs, Grüner Einsiedlerkrebs 
English:
Hidden Hermit Crab, Green Hermit Crab 
Category:
Hermit Crabs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Calcinus (Genus) > latens (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Randall, ), 1840 
Occurrence:
(the) Maldives, Arabian Sea, Australia, Christmas Islands, Egypt, French Polynesia, Gambier Islands, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Lombok, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Moluccas, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Norfolk Island, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Tuamoto Islands, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Indian Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 95 Meter 
Habitats:
associated with with coral skeletons, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Muddy grounds, Rocky reefs, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 
Size:
up to 0.79" (2 cm) 
Temperature:
19,8 °F - 30,7 °F (19,8°C - 30,7°C) 
Food:
omnivore 
Tank:
11 gal (~ 50L)  
Difficulty:
Very easy 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-10-29 19:49:15 

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Calcinus latens (Randall, 1840)

Calcinus latens is a mainly nocturnal hermit crab.

Synonymised names:
Calcinus abrolhensis Morgan, 1988 (junior synonym)
Calcinus cristimanus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848) (transferred to Calcinus by Stimpson (1858), junior synonym)
Calcinus intermedius de Man, 1881 (junior synonym)
Calcinus terrae-reginae Haswell, 1882 (junior synonym)
Pagurus cristimanus H. Milne Edwards, 1848 (junior synonym)
Pagurus latens Randall, 1840 (basionym)

External links

  1. 1023world.net (en). Abgerufen am 11.11.2023.
  2. lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg - pdf (en). Abgerufen am 25.08.2025.
  3. researchgáte (en). Abgerufen am 29.10.2025.
  4. RLS Reef Life Survey (en). Abgerufen am 22.01.2023.

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