Calcinus Dana, 1851

Nucci, Paulo Ricardo & Melo, Gustavo Augusto Schmidt De, 2015, Hermit crabs from Brazil: Family Diogenidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguroidea), except Paguristes, Zootaxa 3947 (3), pp. 327-346 : 328

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.3.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4BEA9B2D-E883-43B5-AE74-1EBBD0D4D684
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6096668
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scientific name	Calcinus Dana, 1851
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Genus Calcinus Dana, 1851 View in CoL

Type species. Cancer tibicen Herbst, 1791 [by subsequent designation ( Dana, 1852b)].

Diagnosis. Thirteen pairs of gills with entire lamellae (not divided). Rostrum triangular, acute. Antennal flagella with very short setae. Maxilla with lateral lobe on endopodite. Third maxilliped with crista dentata well developed. Left cheliped much more strong than right; claws not corneous. Males with four unpaired pleopods (pl2– 5), inner lobe shorter than external. Females with first three pleopods (pl2–4), with two lobes strong; pl5 like in the males.