Dardanus megistos | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Superfamily: | Paguroidea |
Family: | Diogenidae |
Genus: | Dardanus |
Species: | D. megistos |
Binomial name | |
Dardanus megistos J. F. W. Herbst, 1804 |
Dardanus megistos, the white-spotted hermit crab or spotted hermit crab, is a species of hermit crab, living in reefs in the Indo-Pacific region from Africa to the South China Sea and Hawaii.Dardanus megistos can attain a maximum size of 8 inches (20 cm).
D. megistos at Komodo, Indonesia
D. megistos at Iriomote Island, Japan
D. megistos at Northwest Hawaiian Islands