Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Dark Knee Hermit Crab
Dardanus lagopodes
Dark Knee Hermit Crab
Also known as: Hairy Red Hermit Crab
Category: Left-Handed Hermits
Scientific Name: Dardanus lagopodes
Size: Up to 1.25 in. (3 cm)  
Depth: 3-150 ft. (1-45 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Anomura (Infraorder)
      └Paguroidea (Superfamily)
       └Diogenidae (Family)
        └Dardanus (Genus)

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