Calcinus tibicen

Author
(Herbst, 1791)
Common Names
  • Orangeclaw Hermit

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Calcinus tibicen
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HRI-UNAM-BDMY
1
Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
33 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Bermuda, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea–Brazil
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • hard substrate
  • coral reef
  • coastal
Microhabitat
  • rock
  • sponge
  • coral
  • cryptic fauna
References

  • Abele, L. G., and W. Kim. 1986. An Illustrated Guide to the Marine Decapod Crustaceans of Florida. State of Florida, Department of Environmental Regulation, Technical Series, Volume 8, Number 1, Parts1 & 2: 1–760.

  • Campos, N. H., and R. Lemaitre. 1994. A new Calcinus (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from the tropical western Atlantic, and a comparison with other species of the genus from the region. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 107: 137–150.

  • Felder, D. L. 1973. An annotated key to crabs and lobsters (Decapoda, Reptantia) from coastal waters of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Publications of The Center for Wetland Resources, LSU-SG-73-02: 1–103.

  • Rodríguez-Almaraz, G. A., and J. C. Zavala-Flores. 2005. 9. Cangrejos ermitaños. Pp. 263–335 in J. L. Hernández-Aguilera, J. A. Ruiz-Nuño, R. E. Toral-Almazán, and V. Arenas-Fuentes, eds. Camarones, Langostas y Cangrejos de la Costa Este de Mexico, Vol. I. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (Conabio), México.

  • Wicksten, M. K. 2005a. Decapod crustaceans of the Flower Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Gulf of Mexico Science 23: 30–37.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Felder, D. L., F. Álvarez, J. W. Goy, and R. Lemaitre. 2009. Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Amphionidacea, Pp. 1019–1104 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-04-2024.

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