Calcinus elegans

Calcinus elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paguroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Anomura Superfamilia: Paguroidea

Familia: Diogenidae
Genus: Calcinus
Species: Calcinus elegans

Name

Calcinus elegans (Milne-Edwards, 1836)

Synonyms:

• Pagurus decorus Randall, 1840
• Pagurus elegans H. Milne Edwards, 1836
• Pagurus fasciatus Bell, 1853
• Pagurus pictus Owen, 1839

Vernacular names

English: elegant hermit

Distribution

Indo-Pacific

References

• Milne-Edwards H., 1836. Observations zoologiques sur les Pagures et description d'un nouveau genre de la tribu des Paguriens. Annales des Sciences Naturelle Zoologie, Paris, ser. 2. 6:257–288.
• Poupin J. & Lemaitre R. 2003. Hermit crabs of the genus Calcinus Dana, 1851 (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from the Austral Islands, French Polynesia, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 391: 1–20. PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Calcinus elegans – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
• Calcinus elegans - Taxon details on iNaturalist.

• Calcinus elegans – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera (IRMNG).
• Calcinus elegans – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Calcinus elegans – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• Calcinus elegans – Taxon details on Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel (INPN).
• Calcinus elegans – Taxon details on Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer (uBio).
• Calcinus elegans in the World Register of Marine Species

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