Calcinus pulcher Pretty Hermit Crab, Beautiful Hermit Crab, Charming Hermit Crab

Calcinus pulcher is commonly referred to as Pretty Hermit Crab, Beautiful Hermit Crab, Charming Hermit Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Calcinus pulcher Forest, 1958

Courtesy of the author Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater . Please visit www.underwaterkwaj.com for more information.

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AphiaID:: 367453

Scientific:: Calcinus pulcher
German:: Schöner Einsiedlerkrebs
English:: Pretty Hermit Crab, Beautiful Hermit Crab, Charming Hermit Crab

Category:: Kraby pustelniki

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Calcinus (Genus) > pulcher (Species)
Initial determination:: Forest, 1958

Occurrence:: Australia, China, Christmas Islands, Eastern Indian Ocean, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Marschall Islands, New Caledonia, Palau, Philippines, Taiwan, Tansania, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, Vietnam, Western Australia
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 - 30 Meter
Habitats:: Coral reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Stony Soils
Size:: up to 0.79" (2 cm)
Temperature:: 24,7 °F - 30,6 °F (24,7°C - 30,6°C)
Food:: Detritus, No reliable information available
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown