''Dardanus gemmatus'', the jeweled anemone hermit crab, is a species 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 ...
native to tropical reefs surrounding the
Indo-Pacific, typically at depths of .
''Dardanus gemmatus''
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Dardanus gemmatus
Diogenidae
Crustaceans described in 1848
Taxa named by Henri Milne-Edwards
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