Great Red Hermit Crab (Dardanus calidus)

Invertebrateverified

Dardanus calidus

(Risso, 1827)

Great Red Hermit Crab

Also known as: Mediterranean Hermit Crab, Red Hermit Crab

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Taxonomy

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Diogenidae

Other species in Diogenidae

Antillean Hermit Crab (Clibanarius antillensis)

Clibanarius antillensis

Antillean Hermit Crab

Roux's Hermit Crab (Diogenes pugilator)

Diogenes pugilator

Roux's Hermit Crab

Hermit Crab (Calcinus tubularis)

Calcinus tubularis

Hermit Crab

Bandeye Hermit (Paguristes tortugae)

Paguristes tortugae

Bandeye Hermit

Blue-Eye Hermit (Paguristes sericeus)

Paguristes sericeus

Blue-Eye Hermit

Giant Hermit (Petrochirus diogenes)

Petrochirus diogenes

Giant Hermit

Paguristes eremita

Paguristes eremita

Widestripe Hermit (Clibanarius sclopetarius)

Clibanarius sclopetarius

Widestripe Hermit

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