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Charming hermit crab
Calcinus pulcher
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 367453, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Charming hermit crab
- Scientific
- Calcinus pulcher
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small, colourful hermit crab that lives on shallow reefs.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=4, 3 observers); literature records via OBIS.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Calcinus-pulcher.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367453
- inaturalist.org /taxa/810823
- inaturalist.org /observations/327478284
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.