Dardanus arrosor Red Reef Hermit, Great Hermit Crab

Dardanus arrosor is commonly referred to as Red Reef Hermit, Great Hermit Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. A aquarium size of at least 250 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Dardanus arrosor. Cala D'or, Mallorca, Spain 2020

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Scientific:: Dardanus arrosor
German:: Großer Einsiedlerkrebs, Rote Riff-Einsiedlerkrebs
English:: Red Reef Hermit, Great Hermit Crab

Category:: Hermit Crabs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Dardanus (Genus) > arrosor (Species)
Initial determination:: (Herbst, ), 1796

Occurrence:: Australia, Azores, China, Corea, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, France, Indo Pacific, Israel, Japan, Madagascar, Morocco, Mozambique, New Zealand, Northern Africa, Philippines, Red Sea, South-Africa, Spain, Taiwan, the Mediterranean Sea, Western Pacific Ocean
Sea depth:: 7 - 300 Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 3.94" (10 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Carrion, Clam meat, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Snails
Tank:: 54.99 gal (~ 250L)
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-07-21 21:22:21
Last edit:: 2025-12-09 17:58:14

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Dardanus arrosor (Herbst, 1796)

Inhabits continental shelf and slope.

Synonyms:
Aniculus chiltoni Thompson, 1930 (junior synonym)
Cancer arrosor Herbst, 1796 (transferred to Pagurus by Pallary (1900) )
Dardanus arrosor divergens Zariquiey, 1952 (subspecies considered unjustified)
Eupagurus striatus Cuenot, 1892 (junior synonym)
Pagurus arrosor (Herbst, 1796)
Pagurus incisus Olivier, 1812 (junior synonym)
Pagurus striatus Latreille, 1802 (junior synonym)
Pagurus strigosus Bosc, 1802 (junior synonym)
Petrochirus arrosor (Herbst, 1796) (incorrect generic assignment by Rathbun (1900))

External links

SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
treatment.plazi.org (en). Abgerufen am 09.12.2025.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 09.12.2025.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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