''Calcinus seurati'', commonly known as Seurat's hermit crab or whitebanded hermit, is a
species of
hermit crab in the
family Diogenidae.
[
] It was first described by French
carcinologist
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Jacques Forest
Jacques Forest (14 June 1920 – 16 February 2012) was a French carcinologist.
Biography
Born in Créteil on 14 June 1920, Jacques Forest grew up in Maubeuge. He served in the army for a year during the Second World War, and went on to study a ...
in 1951.
Description
Walking legs banded black and white, claws light or dark gray.
[
]
Calcinus seurati-in water.jpg, In Poipu
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, Hawaii
Range
Found in high intertidal pools in the
Pacific Ocean, from the
Hawaiian Islands
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to
Taiwan.
References
External links
Whitebanded Hermit Crab
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Diogenidae
Crustaceans of the Pacific Ocean
Crustaceans described in 1951