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

Clibanarius antillensis

Clibanarius antillensis

Antillean Hermit Crab

Diogenes pugilator

Diogenes pugilator

Roux's Hermit Crab

Calcinus tubularis

Calcinus tubularis

Hermit Crab

Paguristes tortugae

Paguristes tortugae

Bandeye Hermit

Paguristes sericeus

Paguristes sericeus

Blue-Eye Hermit

Petrochirus diogenes

Petrochirus diogenes

Giant Hermit

Paguristes eremita

Paguristes eremita

Clibanarius sclopetarius

Clibanarius sclopetarius

Widestripe Hermit

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