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.[1][2]
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| Dardanus megistos J. F. W. Herbst, 1804 [1]
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D. megistos at Iriomote Island, Japan
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D. megistos at Northwest Hawaiian Islands
References
- ^ a b Patsy McLaughlin (2009). Patsy McLaughlin (ed.). "Dardanus megistos (Herbst, 1804)". World Paguroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 6, 2010.
- ^ "Species Dardanus megistos (Herbst, 1804)". Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. February 23, 2009.
External links
Media related to Dardanus megistos at Wikimedia Commons
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