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| Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Order Decapoda > Anomurans > hermit crabs > Clibanarius |
| Tawny
hermit crab Clibanarius sp.* Family Diogenidae updated Dec 2019 Where seen? This small hermit crab not often seen. So far near artificial seawalls as well as on natural rubble areas. Features: Body 1-2cm long, mostly plain white. Both pincers are more or less equal in size and held so that the 'fingers' open horizontally in front of the animal. Pincers sparsely hairy, no stripes, uniformly coloured a dark orange. Walking legs sparsely hairy, no stripes, uniformly coloured a dark orange. Eye stalks bright orange without any distinctive stripes. Short antennae and long antennae bright orange. Two species fit these photos but they are hard to tell apart in the field: Clibanarius arethusa and Clibanarius rutilus More on how to tell apart Clibanarius hermit crabs. |
 Chek Jawa, Jun 14  |
 Tanah Merah, Jun 12  |
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
| Tawny hermit crabs on Singapore shores |
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| Other sightings on Singapore shores |
| Acknowledgements With grateful thanks to Rene Ong for checking with Dr Dwi Listyo Rahayu on the identification of this hermit crab. |