A review of the hermit crab genus Calcinus Dana (Crustacea : Decapoda : Diogenidae) from Australia, with two descriptions of two new species

Abstract

Seventeen species of the genus Calcinus are recorded from Australian waters, including Cocos (Keeling) and Christmas Islands in the Indian Ocean and Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands in the Tasman Sea, Pacific Ocean. Two new species, C. inconspicuus, sp. nov. and C. sirius, sp. nov., are described from the Tasman Sea. A key to Australian species of Calcinus is provided.