Decapoda - Anomura - Diogenidae - Calcinus

Calcinus pictus (Owen, 1839)

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World Distribution
Hawaii only

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)

Vertical range : Intertidal - Min-Max observed: 0-2 m

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
New family Calcinidae Fraaije, Van Bakel & Jagt, 2017, replaces Diogenidae

Comment(s) on data
For a long time consider as C. elegans. Clearly distinct by its coloration. For use of Owen name, see Low, M.E.Y. (2012) Resolving the publication date of J.W. Randall’s Catalogue of Crustacea brought by Thomas Nuttall and J.K. Townsend, from the west coast of North America and the Sandwich Islands, and an updated checklist of the Decapoda described therein (Crustacea: Achelata, Anomura, Astacidea, Brachyura, Caridea, Dendrobranchiata). Zootaxa, 3493, 83–88.

New family Calcinidae Fraaije, Van Bakel & Jagt, 2017, replaces Diogenidae. Calcinidae unaccepted in Poore & Ahyong (2023) (also WoRMS 2023)

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database