Calcinus morgani Rahayu & Forest 1999
- Dataset
- Hermit crabs of the genera Calcinus Dana, Clibanarius Dana, and Dardanus Paul’son from the PANGLAO 2004 Expedition, with description of a new species and a checklist of the hermit crabs of the Philippines (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguroidea)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Decapoda
- family
- Diogenidae
- genus
- Calcinus
- species
- Calcinus morgani
description
(Fig. 1 H)
discussion
Remarks. Calcinus morgani closely resembles and is easily mistaken for C. gaimardii (see remarks under C. gaimardii).
materials_examined
Material examined. 2 ovig. females SL 4.0 – 6.5 mm, 5 females SL 3.0 – 4.4 mm, 8 males SL 1.8 – 7.0 mm (ZRC), stn M 1, Alona Beach, Panglao I., 9 ° 32.9 ′ N, 123 ° 46.6 ′ E, 0 – 1 m, v. 2004 to vii. 2004; 1 ovig. female SL 4.8 mm (ZRC), stn M 2, west end of Alona Beach, Panglao I., 9 ° 32.8 ′ N, 123 ° 45.9 ′ E, 0 – 2 m, 30. v. 2004; 1 male SL 3.6 mm (ZRC), stn M 2, west end of Alona Beach, Panglao I., 9 ° 32.8 ′ N, 123 ° 45.9 ′ E, 0 – 2 m, 30. v. 2004; 2 females SL 2.5 – 4.0 mm (ZRC), stn M 3, Danao, Panglao I., 9 ° 32.5 ′ / 33.1 ′ N, 123 ° 44.7 ′ / 45.5 ′ E, 0 – 2.5 m, 31. v. 2004; 1 ovig. female SL 6.4 mm, 1 female SL 3.4 mm, 1 male SL 5.5 mm, 1 indiv. in shell (ZRC), stn M 5, Doljo Point, Panglao I., 9 ° 35.5 ′ N, 123 ° 43.3 ′ / 44.3 ′ E, 0 – 2 m, v. 2004 to vi. 2004; 1 female SL 6.3 mm (ZRC), stn M 18, Gak-Ang Islet, off Panglao I., 9 ° 33.0 ′ N, 123 ° 45.5 ′ E, 0 – 1 m, 10 & 12. vi. 2004; 3 females SL 2.7 – 5.8 mm (ZRC), stn M 20, Pamilacan I., 9 ° 29.3 ′ N, 123 ° 55.1 ′ E, 0 – 2 m, 13. vi. 2004; 1 ovig. female SL 9.5 mm, 2 males SL 3.0 – 6.5 mm (ZRC), stn M 22, Napaling, Panglao I., 9 ° 37.2 ′ N, 123 ° 46.4 ′ E, 0 – 3 m, 15. vi. 2004; 1 male SL 6.5 mm (ZRC), stn M 58, Balicasag I., 9 ° 31.3 ′ N, 123 ° 41.0 ′ E, depth unknown, 4. vii. 2004; 1 male SL 5.8 mm (ZRC), stn R 11, Biking, Panglao I., 9 ° 35.2 ′ N, 123 ° 50.5 ′ E, 4 m, 2. vi. 2004; 10 indivs. in shell (ZRC), stn R 20, Cathedral, 9 ° 31.1 ′ N, 123 ° 41.5 ′ E, 7 – 48 m, 5. vi. 2004; 1 ovig. female SL 5.6 mm, 1 female SL 5.0 mm (ZRC), stn R 24, Bingag, Panglao I., 9 ° 37.5 ′ N, 123 ° 46.8 ′ E, 0 – 2 m, 6. vi. 2004; 1 ovig. female SL 4.0 mm (ZRC), stn R 59, Momo Beach, Panglao I., 9 ° 36.2 ′ N, 123 ° 44.9 ′ E, 2 – 20 m, 22. vi. 2004; 1 male SL 5.3 mm (ZRC), stn R 61, between Sao and San Isidro, Panglao I., 9 ° 34.3 ′ N, 123 ° 49.3 ′ E, 4 – 22 m, 23. vi. 2004; 1 ovig. female SL 5.1 mm, 3 males SL 4.9 – 5.7 mm (ZRC), stn R 73, Balicasag I., 9 ° 30.9 ′ N, 123 ° 40.8 ′ E, 2 – 30 m, 2. vii. 2004; 1 male SL 5.2 mm (ZRC), stn S 42, Pamilacan I., 9 ° 30.1 ′ N, 123 ° 55.5 ′ E, 15 – 20 m, 1. vii. 2004. Habitat. Intertidal to subtidal, 0 to approximately 12 m, reef flats, slopes, and ledges, on coralline, sandy, and mixed substrates.