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Left-handed hermit crab
Calcinus laevimanus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 208669, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Left-handed hermit crab
- Scientific
- Calcinus laevimanus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 95 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small hermit crab with a dark brown to black claw, white tips and blue to orange eyestalks. It is common in rock pools and on shallow reef flats.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=5); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=13, 9 observers); literature records via OBIS.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Calcinus-laevimanus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208669
- inaturalist.org /taxa/354882
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Calcinus_laevimanus.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.