Hidden Hermit

Calcinus latens

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 0–95 m

A hermit crab that borrows empty snail shells and ranges from the intertidal down to nearly 100 metres, across reef flats, rubble, sand and seagrass. It eats almost anything, taking algae, worms, sponges, other small animals, detritus and carrion as it scavenges.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Diogenidae › Calcinus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 208677.