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Updated 2/15/2021

Family Diogenidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Calcinus laevimanus

Kapoho Point, Oahu

 

Koke'e Beach tidepool, Oahu

Koke'e Beach tidepool, Oahu

 


Palau		  

LEFT-HANDED HERMIT CRAB

Common at any depth.  Walking legs brown with white banded tips, claws black and white.  Maximum carapace width of 1/4 inch.  Indo-Pacific, including Hawaii.