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Hidden hermit crab
Calcinus latens
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 208677, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Hidden hermit crab
- Scientific
- Calcinus latens
- 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 claw and pale legs. It lives on shallow reefs and rubble.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=4); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=6, 5 observers); literature records via OBIS; SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Calcinus-latens.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208677
- inaturalist.org /taxa/343588
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Calcinus_latens.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.