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Rosy hermit crab
Calcinus rosaceus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 208678, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Rosy hermit crab
- Scientific
- Calcinus rosaceus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small hermit crab with rosy pink to red legs. It lives on shallow reefs and rubble.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=5); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=12, 8 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Calcinus-rosaceus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208678
- inaturalist.org /taxa/855640
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Calcinus_rosaceus_Réunion.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.