Calcinidae is a family of
aquatic hermit crab
Hermit crabs are anomuran decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea that have adapted to occupy empty scavenged mollusc shells to protect their fragile exoskeletons. There are over 800 species of hermit crab, most of which possess an a ...
of the
superfamily
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Paguroidea
Hermit crabs are anomuran Decapoda, decapod crustaceans of the superfamily (taxonomy), superfamily Paguroidea that have adapted to occupy empty scavenged mollusc shells to protect their fragile exoskeletons. There are over 800 species of hermit c ...
.
The following genera are currently accepted within Calcinidae'':''
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Allodardanus''
Haig & Provenzano, 1965
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Aniculus''
Dana, 1852
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Bathynarius''
Forest, 1989
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Calcinus
''Calcinus'' is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Diogenidae
The Diogenidae are a family of hermit crabs, sometimes known as "left-handed hermit crabs" because in contrast to most other hermit crabs, its left chela (claw) is enlarged in ...
''
Dana, 1851
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Ciliopagurus
''Ciliopagurus'' is a genus of hermit crabs, of the family Diogenidae, which are sometimes referred to as the "left-handed hermit crabs", because in contrast to most other hermit crabs, the left chela (claw) is enlarged instead of the right. They ...
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Forest, 1995
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Dardanus''
Paulson, 1875
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Trizopagurus''
Forest, 1952
References
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Hermit crabs
Crustaceans described in 2017
Decapod families