Spotted Hermit Crab (species: Dardanus megistos) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)

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Dardanus megistos

Spotted Hermit Crab

©Anne Hoggett: Dardanus megistos at North Point, Lizard Island.

©Lyle Vail: Dardanus megistos at night, Big Vicki's Reef, Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Arthropoda

Class Malacostraca

Order Decapoda

Family Diogenidae

Genus Dardanus

Species Dardanus megistos

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Lizard Island Field Guide

Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

Legs bright red with white spots encircled by dark brown, with many bristles. As usual for the genus, the left clawed leg is usually larger than the right. Carapace paler red to orange, also with ocellated spots. Dark red eye stalks. White antennal flagellum.