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Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Diogenidae left-handed hermit crabs

Genus: Dardanus

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32 species (see list below)
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Coudre, Christian

Indo-West Pacific, Atlant

Dardanus arrosor(Herbst, 1796)

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Dardanus arrosor
[Striated hermit crab]
No picture found
 
Dardanus aspersus
[]
No picture found
 
Dardanus australis
[]
No picture found
 
Dardanus balhibuon
[]
No picture found
 
Dardanus brachyops
[]

Rodrigues, Nuno Vasco

Eastern Atlantic and the

Dardanus calidus(Risso, 1827)

Photo by Rodrigues, Nuno Vasco
 
Dardanus calidus
[Red hermit crab]
No picture found
 
Dardanus callichela
[]
No picture found
 
Dardanus crassimanus
[]
No picture found
 
Dardanus dearmatus
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific

Dardanus deformis(Milne-Edwards, 1836)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Dardanus deformis
[Pale anemone hermit]
No picture found
 
Dardanus fucosus
[Bareye hermit]
No picture found
 
Dardanus gardineri
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific

Dardanus gemmatus(Milne-Edwards, 1848)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Dardanus gemmatus
[Jeweled anemone hermit]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific

Dardanus guttatus(Olivier, 1812)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Dardanus guttatus
[Blue knee hermit crab]
No picture found
 
Dardanus hessii
[]
No picture found
 
Dardanus imbricatus
[]
No picture found
 
Dardanus imnpressus
[Warty-leg hermit crab]
No picture found
 
Dardanus impressus
[]
No picture found
 
Dardanus insignis
[Red brocade hermit]

Harasti, David

Indo-Pacific

Dardanus lagopodes(Forsskål, 1775)

Photo by Harasti, David
 
Dardanus lagopodes
[]

Harasti, David

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Dardanus megistos(Herbst, 1804)

Photo by Harasti, David
 
Dardanus megistos
[Whitespotted hermit]

Harasti, David

Indo-Pacific

Dardanus pedunculatus(Herbst, 1804)

Photo by Harasti, David
 
Dardanus pedunculatus
[Anemone hermit crab]
No picture found
 
Dardanus robustus
[]
No picture found
 
Dardanus sanguinocarpus
[Bloody hermit]
No picture found
 
Dardanus scutellatus
[]
No picture found
 
Dardanus setifer
[]
No picture found
 
Dardanus squarrosus
[]
No picture found
 
Dardanus sulcatus
[]
No picture found
 
Dardanus tinctor
[Anemone carrier]
No picture found
 
Dardanus venosus
[Stareye hermit]
No picture found
 
Dardanus vulnerans
[]
No picture found
 
Dardanus woodmasoni
[]


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