Calcinus latens, the hidden hermit crab, is a species of hermit crab in the family Diogenidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Hidden Hermit Crab being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Calcinus guamensis
- Calcinus imperialis
- Clibanarius virescens
- Calcinus pulcher
- Pagurixus jerviensis
- Calcinus lineapropodus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Diogenidae
- Genus
- Calcinus
- Species
- Calcinus latens
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