Calcinus haigae Haig's Hermit Crab, Darkglove Hermit Crab

Calcinus haigae is commonly referred to as Haig's Hermit Crab, Darkglove 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 haigae

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lexID:: 12543
AphiaID:: 246235

Scientific:: Calcinus haigae
German:: Haigs Einsiedlerkrebs
English:: Haig's Hermit Crab, Darkglove Hermit Crab

Category:: Erakkoravut

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Calcinus (Genus) > haigae (Species)
Initial determination:: Wooster, 1984

Occurrence:: (the) Maldives, Australia, Caroline Island, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Samoa, South-Pazific, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Tuamoto Islands, USA
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:: 1 - 40 Meter
Habitats:: Lagoons, Reef-associated, Rock crevices, Seaward facing reefs, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 0.39" (1 cm)
Temperature:: 25,6 °F - 28,5 °F (25,6°C - 28,5°C)
Food:: No reliable information available
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
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:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2019-11-08 12:55:00
Last edit:: 2024-04-04 13:08:52

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Calcinus haigae Wooster, 1984

Reef-associated hermit crab. Commonly known as The Darkglove Hermit. Small size.

Host of the ectoparasite Bopyrissa distorta An, Gong & Paulay 2018

External links

1023world.net (en). Abgerufen am 15.11.2021.
lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg - pdf (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 04.04.2024.
treatment.plazi.org (en). Abgerufen am 04.04.2024.

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