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Updated 2/15/2021

Family Diogenidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Calcinus laurentae 

Kewalo, Oahu, 50 feet

 

Sea Tiger, Oahu, 100 feet

 

Ho'okena, Hawaii, 35 feet

Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 20 feet

 

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Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 60 feet


Ke'ehi Pipe, Oahu, 30 feet

LAURENT'S HERMIT CRAB

Common in braching coral deeper than 20 feet.  Claws white with black between upper joints, walking legs red with black and white tips, black eyes with white dots.  Attains 1/4 inch.  Endemic to Hawai'i.