Dardanus (crustacean) explained

Dardanus is a genus of hermit crabs belonging to the Diogenidae family.

List of species

This genus contains the following species:^[1]

• Dardanus arrosor (Herbst, 1796)
• Dardanus aspersus (Berthold, 1846)
• Dardanus australis Forest & Morgan, 1991
• Dardanus brachyops Forest, 1963
• Dardanus calidus (Risso, 1827)
• Dardanus callichela Cook, 1989
• Dardanus corrugatus Cook, 1989
• Dardanus crassimanus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1836)
• Dardanus dearmatus Henderson, 1888
• Dardanus deformis H. Milne-Edwards, 1836
• Dardanus fucosus Biffar & Provenzano, 1972
• Dardanus gemmatus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1836)
• Dardanus guttatus (Olivier, 1812)
• Dardanus hessii (Miers, 1884)
• Dardanus imbricatus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1848)
• Dardanus imperator (Miers, 1881)
• Dardanus impressus (De Haan, 1849)
• Dardanus insignis (de Saussure, 1858)
• Dardanus jacquesi Asakura & Hirayama, 2002
• Dardanus janethaigae Ayon & Hendrickx, 2009
• Dardanus jordani Schmitt, 1921
• Dardanus lagopodes (Forskål, 1775)
• Dardanus longior Asakura, 2006
• Dardanus magdalenensis Ayon & Hendrickx, 2009
• Dardanus megistos (Herbst, 1804)
• Dardanus nudus Ayon & Hendrickx, 2009
• Dardanus pectinatus (Ortmann, 1892)
• Dardanus pedunculatus (Herbst, 1804)
• Dardanus pilosus Ayon & Hendrickx, 2009
• Dardanus robustus Asakura, 2006
• Dardanus rufus Buitendijk, 1937
• Dardanus sanguinocarpus Degener, 1925
• Dardanus scutellatus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1848)
• Dardanus setifer (H. Milne-Edwards, 1848)
• Dardanus sinistripes (Stimpson, 1859)
• Dardanus squarrosus Cook, 1989
• Dardanus stimpsoni Ayon & Hendrickx, 2009
• Dardanus sulcatus Edmondson, 1925
• Dardanus tinctor (Forskal, 1775)
• Dardanus umbella Asakura, 2006
• Dardanus undulatus (Balss, 1921)
• Dardanus venosus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1848)
• Dardanus vulnerans (Thallwitz, 1892)
• Dardanus woodmasoni (Alcock, 1905)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Patsy McLaughlin & Michael Türkay . 2010 . Dardanus Paulson, 1875 . P. McLaughlin . World Paguroidea database . . October 9, 2010.