Dardanus megistos

Tags: Crustacean.

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 of8 inches (20 cm).

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binomial authority: Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst
class: Malacostraca
family: Hermit crab, Diogenidae
genus: Dardanus (genus)
kingdom: Animal
order: Decapoda
phylum: Arthropod, Crustacean

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