Aniculus

{{Short description|Genus of crustacean}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Hairy yellow hermit (aniculus maximus).jpg

| image_caption = Hairy yellow hermit crab (Aniculus maximus)

| taxon = Aniculus

| authority = Dana, 1852{{cite WoRMS |title=Aniculus Dana, 1852 |id=206530 |access-date=May 29, 2022}}

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Aniculus is a genus of aquatic hermit crab of the family Diogenidae.

Species

The following species are currently accepted within Aniculus:

{{Linked species list

| Aniculus aniculus | (J. C. Fabricius, 1787)

| Aniculus elegans | Stimpson, 1858

| Aniculus erythraeus | Forest, 1984

| Aniculus hopperae | McLaughlin & Hoover, 1996

| Aniculus maximus | Edmondson, 1952

| Aniculus miyakei | Forest, 1984

| Aniculus retipes | Lewinsohn, 1982

| Aniculus sibogae | Forest, 1984

| Aniculus ursus | (Olivier, 1812)

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References

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  • Dana, J. D. (1852). Conspectus Crustaceorum, &c. Conspectus of the Crustacea of the Exploring Expedition under Capt. Wilkes, U.S.N. Paguridea, continued , and Subtribe Megalopidea. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6: 6-10.
  • Bouvier, E.L. (1915). Decapodes marcheurs (Reptantia) et Stomatopodes recueillis a l'ile Maurice par M. Paul Carie. Bull. Scient. Fr. Belg. 3 (48): 178-318
  • McLaughlin, P. A., Komai, T., Lemaitre, R. & Rahayu, D.L. (2010). Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I — Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement 23: 5–107