Calcinus latens ( Randall, 1840 )

Ririhena, Dharma Arif Nugroho Dwi Listyo Rahayu Rianta Pratiwi Rena Tri Hernawati Ujang Nurhaman John Etry, 2024, Hermit crabs (Decapoda: Anomura: Coenobitidae, Calcinidae, Diogenidae, Paguridae) from Halmahera Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, Nauplius (e 20240507) 32, pp. 1-24 : 8

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e20240507
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14668602
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scientific name	Calcinus latens ( Randall, 1840 )
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Calcinus latens ( Randall, 1840) View in CoL

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Habitat. Intertidal, on seagrass bed, dead coral, and sandy mud substrates.

Distribution. Wide distribution in the Indo-Pacific.

Indonesia: Sulawesi, Maluku and Lombok .

Remarks. This is a very common species of the intertidal, often found aggregated under large boulders during low tide. Calcinus latens is easily recognized in life by the bluish-green color of the shield and chelipeds, the ambulatory legs dactylus with dark brown or purple stripes proximally, the propodus is light brown, and carpus and merus are bluish green.