''Dardanus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
hermit crab
Hermit crabs are anomuran decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea that have adapted to occupy empty scavenged mollusc shells to protect their fragile exoskeletons. There are over 800 species of hermit crab, most of which possess an as ...
s belonging to the
Diogenidae
The Diogenidae are a family of hermit crabs, sometimes known as "left-handed hermit crabs" because in contrast to most other hermit crabs, its left chela (claw) is enlarged instead of the right. It comprises 429 extant species, and a further 4 ...
family.
List of species
This genus contains the following species:
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Dardanus arrosor''
(Herbst, 1796)
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Dardanus aspersus''
(Berthold, 1846)
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Dardanus australis''
Forest & Morgan, 1991
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Dardanus brachyops''
Forest, 1963
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Dardanus calidus
''Dardanus calidus'' is a species of hermit crab from the East Atlantic (Portugal to Senegal) and Mediterranean Sea.
Description
''D. calidus'' can grow to a length of . It uses large gastropod shells, such as those of '' Tonna galea'' and ''Cha ...
''
(Risso, 1827)
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Dardanus callichela''
Cook, 1989
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Dardanus corrugatus''
Cook, 1989
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Dardanus crassimanus''
(H. Milne-Edwards, 1836)
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Dardanus dearmatus''
Henderson, 1888
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Dardanus deformis''
H. Milne-Edwards, 1836
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Dardanus fucosus''
Biffar & Provenzano, 1972
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Dardanus gemmatus''
(H. Milne-Edwards, 1836)
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Dardanus guttatus''
(Olivier, 1812)
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Dardanus hessii''
(Miers, 1884)
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Dardanus imbricatus''
(H. Milne-Edwards, 1848)
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Dardanus imperator''
(Miers, 1881)
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Dardanus impressus''
(De Haan, 1849)
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Dardanus insignis''
(de Saussure, 1858)
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Dardanus jacquesi''
Asakura & Hirayama, 2002
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Dardanus janethaigae''
Ayon & Hendrickx, 2009
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Dardanus jordani''
Schmitt, 1921
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Dardanus lagopodes''
(Forskål, 1775)
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Dardanus longior''
Asakura, 2006
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Dardanus magdalenensis''
Ayon & Hendrickx, 2009
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Dardanus megistos''
(Herbst, 1804)
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Dardanus nudus''
Ayon & Hendrickx, 2009
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Dardanus pectinatus''
(Ortmann, 1892)
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Dardanus pedunculatus''
(Herbst, 1804)
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Dardanus pilosus''
Ayon & Hendrickx, 2009
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Dardanus robustus''
Asakura, 2006
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Dardanus rufus''
Buitendijk, 1937
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Dardanus sanguinocarpus''
Degener, 1925
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Dardanus scutellatus''
(H. Milne-Edwards, 1848)
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Dardanus setifer''
(H. Milne-Edwards, 1848)
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Dardanus sinistripes''
(Stimpson, 1859)
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Dardanus squarrosus''
Cook, 1989
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Dardanus stimpsoni''
Ayon & Hendrickx, 2009
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Dardanus sulcatus''
Edmondson, 1925
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Dardanus tinctor''
(Forskal, 1775)
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Dardanus umbella''
Asakura, 2006
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Dardanus undulatus''
(Balss, 1921)
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Dardanus venosus''
(H. Milne-Edwards, 1848)
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Dardanus vulnerans''
(Thallwitz, 1892)
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Dardanus woodmasoni''
(Alcock, 1905)
Image:Dardanus arrosor by OpenCage.jpg, '' Dardanus arrosor''
Image:Calliactis and Dardanus 001.JPG, ''Dardanus calidus
''Dardanus calidus'' is a species of hermit crab from the East Atlantic (Portugal to Senegal) and Mediterranean Sea.
Description
''D. calidus'' can grow to a length of . It uses large gastropod shells, such as those of '' Tonna galea'' and ''Cha ...
''
Image:Dardanus deformis.jpg, '' Dardanus deformis''
Image:Dardanus guttatus.jpg, '' Dardanus guttatus''
Image:Dardanus lagopodes.jpg, '' Dardanus lagopodes''
Image:Dardanus megistos Réunion.jpg, '' Dardanus megistos''
Image:Dardanus pedunculatus (Hermit crab).jpg, '' Dardanus pedunculatus''
Image:Dardanus tinctor.jpg, '' Dardanus tinctor''
References
Diogenidae
Decapod genera
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