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New record of Calcinus morgani (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from the Andaman Islands, and a key to Calcinus species in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2025

Navyashree Aravind Open the ORCID record for Navyashree Aravind [Opens in a new window]  and
Ganesh Thiruchitrambalam
Navyashree Aravind*
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Department of Ocean Studies and Marine Biology, Pondicherry University, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Ganesh Thiruchitrambalam
Affiliation:
Department of Ocean Studies and Marine Biology, Pondicherry University, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
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Corresponding author: Navyashree Aravind; Email: navyashreearavind01@gmail.com
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Abstract

The diogenid hermit crab, Calcinus morgani Rahayu & Forest, 1999, is reported from the Andaman Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean. It was previously recorded as Calcinus gaimardii (H. Milne Edwards, 1848) from the Nicobar Islands, south of the Andaman Islands, in 1865 about 160 years ago, but there were no additional records of the species in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The diagnosis of C. morgani is provided on the basis of the present specimens for helping the identification. A key to species of the genus Calcinus known from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is also provided.

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Andamandistributiondiversityhabitathermit crabtaxonomy

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 105 , 2025 , e10
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