''Calcinus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
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 as ...
s 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 instead of the right. It comprises 429 extant species, and a further 4 ...
, containing the following species:
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Calcinus albengai''
Poupin & Lemaitre, 2003
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Calcinus anani''
Poupin & McLaughlin, 1998
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Calcinus argus''
Wooster, 1984
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Calcinus californiensis''
Bouvier, 1898
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Calcinus chilensis''
(H. Milne Edwards, 1836)
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Calcinus dapsiles''
Mogan, 1989
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Calcinus elegans''
(H. Milne-Edwards, 1836)
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Calcinus explorator''
Boone, 1930
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Calcinus gaimardii
''Calcinus'' is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Diogenidae, containing the following species:
*'' Calcinus albengai'' Poupin & Lemaitre, 2003
*'' Calcinus anani'' Poupin & McLaughlin, 1998
*'' Calcinus argus'' Wooster, 1984
*'' Calcinus ca ...
''
(H. Milne-Edwards, 1848)
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Calcinus gouti''
Poupin, 1997
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Calcinus guamensis''
Wooster, 1984
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Calcinus haigae''
Wooster, 1984
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Calcinus hakahau''
Poupin & McLaughlin, 1998
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Calcinus hazletti''
Haig & McLaughlin, 1984
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Calcinus imperialis''
Whitelegge, 1901
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Calcinus inconspicuus''
Morgan, 1991
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Calcinus isabellae''
Poupin, 1997
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Calcinus kurozumii''
Asakura & Tachikawa, 2000
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Calcinus laevimanus''
(Randall, 1840)
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Calcinus latens''
(Randall, 1840)
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Calcinus laurentae''
Haig & McLaughlin, 1984
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Calcinus lineapropodus
''Calcinus'' is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Diogenidae, containing the following species:
*'' Calcinus albengai'' Poupin & Lemaitre, 2003
*'' Calcinus anani'' Poupin & McLaughlin, 1998
*'' Calcinus argus'' Wooster, 1984
*'' Calcinus ca ...
''
Morgan & Forest, 1991
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Calcinus mclaughlinae
''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 ...
''
Poupin & Bouchard, 2006
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Calcinus minutus''
Buitendijk, 1937
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Calcinus morgani''
Rahayu & Forest, 1999
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Calcinus nitidus''
Heller, 1865
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Calcinus obscurus''
Stimpson, 1859
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Calcinus orchidae''
Poupin, 1997
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Calcinus paradoxus''
Bouvier, 1922
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Calcinus pascuensis''
Haig, 1974
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Calcinus pulcher''
Forest, 1958
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Calcinus revi''
Poupin & McLaughlin, 1998
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Calcinus rosaceus''
Heller, 1861
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Calcinus seurati''
Forest, 1951
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Calcinus sirius''
Morgan, 1991
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Calcinus spicatus''
Forest, 1951
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Calcinus talismani''
A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1892
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Calcinus tibicen''
(Herbst, 1791)
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Calcinus tropdiomanus''
Lewinsohn, 1981
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Calcinus tubularis''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
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Calcinus urabaensis''
Campos & Lemaitre, 1994
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Calcinus vachoni''
Forest, 1958
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Calcinus vanninii''
Gherardi & McLaughlin, 1994
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Calcinus verrillii''
(Rathbun, 1901)
References
Diogenidae
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