Yap, Micronesia
Wakatobi, Indonesia
Palau
Fiji
Fiji
Yap, Micronesia
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)
└Multicrustacea (Superclass)
└Malacostraca (Class)
└Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
└Eucarida (Superorder)
└Decapoda (Order)
└Pleocyemata (Suborder)
└Anomura (Infraorder)
└Paguroidea (Superfamily)
└Diogenidae (Family)
└Dardanus (Genus)
└D. lagopodes (Species)
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