Calcinus vachoni Hermit Crab

Calcinus vachoni is commonly referred to as Hermit Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Georgina Jones (CC-BY-SA), Cape Town

Calcinus vachoni, doodles Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique 2021 (CC-BY-SA)

Courtesy of the author Georgina Jones (CC-BY-SA), Cape Town . Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:: 7440
AphiaID:: 208673

Scientific:: Calcinus vachoni
German:: Einsiedlerkrebs
English:: Hermit Crab

Category:: Heremietkrabben

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Calcinus (Genus) > vachoni (Species)
Initial determination:: Forest, 1958

Occurrence:: Australia, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Eastern Indian Ocean, French Polynesia, Indo Pacific, Japan, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Palau, Taiwan, Vietnam, Western Australia, Western Pacific Ocean
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 3 - 30 Meter
Habitats:: Coral reefs, Reef-associated, Rocky reefs, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils
Size:: 0,23 cm
Temperature:: 24,5 °F - 29,3 °F (24,5°C - 29,3°C)
Food:: No reliable information available, omnivore
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown