Clibanarius snelliusi Buitendijk, 1937

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 : 13

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e20240507
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scientific name	Clibanarius snelliusi Buitendijk, 1937
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Clibanarius snelliusi Buitendijk, 1937 View in CoL

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Habitat. Sandy shore with gravel and boulders, and rocky substrate, intertidal to 2 m.

Distribution. Vietnam, New Guinea, and Taiwan.

Indonesia: Lombok, Flores, and Maluku.

Color in life. Shield reddish purple or reddish brown with some white patches, posterior carapace green-brown. Ocular peduncles brown with white ring at base of cornea. Chelipeds reddish-purple with some white patches and white spines. Ambulatory legs reddish purple with white patches, longitudinal blue stripe along lateral surface (after Rahayu and Wahyudi, 2008).

Remarks. This is not a very common species, but recognizable by its coloration mentioned above.