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Created 2/15/2021

Family Diogenidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Calcinus latens

Koke'e Beach tidepool, Oahu

 


Vava'u, Tonga


Kikaua Point, Hawaii


Juvenile, Kahalu'u, Hawaii, 3 feet

HIDDEN or GREEN HERMIT CRAB

Common in shallow water.  Dull green fading to white distally, walking legs tipped with pink or purplish-blue, white and black.  Maximum carapace width of 1/4 inch.  Indo-Pacific, including Hawaii.