Dardanus (crustacean)

Dardanus
Dardanus calidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Diogenidae
Genus:	Dardanus Paulson, 1875
Species
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Dardanus is a genus of hermit crabs belonging to the Diogenidae family.

List of species

This genus contains the following species: ^[1]

• † Dardanus agnoensis Bechin, Busulini & Tessier, 2022
• † Dardanus arnoldi Rathbun, 1926
• Dardanus arrosor (Herbst, 1796)
• Dardanus aspersus (Berthold, 1846)
• Dardanus australis Forest & Morgan, 1991
• † Dardanus balaitus Ferratges, Artal, Van Bakel & Zamora, 2022
• Dardanus balhibuon Malay, Rahayu & Chan, 2018
• † Dardanus bayani Beschin, Busulini, Tessier & Zorzin, 2016
• Dardanus biordines Collins & Todd in Todd & Collins, 2005
• Dardanus brachyops Forest, 1962
• † Dardanus braggensis Beschin, Busulini & Tessier, 2015
• Dardanus calidus (Risso, 1827)
• Dardanus callichela Cook, 1989
• † Dardanus caporiondoi Ceccon & De Angeli, 2019
• † Dardanus cherpionensis Marangon & De Angeli, 2020
• † Dardanus colosseus Fraaije & Polkowsky, 2016
• Dardanus corrugatus Cook, 1989
• Dardanus crassimanus (H. Milne Edwards, 1836)
• † Dardanus curtimanus Müller & Collins, 1991
• † Dardanus cyprioticus Wallaard, Fraaije, Van Bakel, Jagt & Müller, 2023
• Dardanus dearmatus (Henderson, 1888)
• Dardanus deformis (H. Milne Edwards, 1836)
• † Dardanus faxensis Jakobsen, Fraaije, Jagt & Van Bakel, 2020
• Dardanus fucosus Biffar & Provenzano, 1972
• Dardanus gemmatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848)
• Dardanus guttatus (Olivier, 1812)
• Dardanus hessii (Miers, 1884)
• Dardanus holthuisi Rahayu, 2010
• † Dardanus hungaricus (Lőrenthey in Lőrenthey & Beurlen, 1929)
• Dardanus imbricatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848)
• Dardanus imperator (Miers, 1881)
• Dardanus impressus (De Haan, 1849)
• Dardanus insignis (de Saussure, 1857)
• Dardanus jacquesi Asakura & Hirayama, 2002
• Dardanus janethaigae Ayón Parente & Hendrickx, 2009
• Dardanus lagopodes (Forskål, 1775)
• † Dardanus lauensis Rathbun, 1945
• Dardanus longior Asakura, 2006
• Dardanus magdalenensis Ayón Parente & Hendrickx, 2009
• † Dardanus mediterraneus (Lőrenthey, 1907)
• Dardanus megistos (Herbst, 1804)
• † Dardanus muelleri Karasawa & Inoue, 1992
• Dardanus nudus Ayón Parente & Hendrickx, 2009
• Dardanus pectinatus (Ortmann, 1892)
• Dardanus pedunculatus (Herbst, 1804)
• Dardanus pilosus Ayón Parente & Hendrickx, 2009
• † Dardanus plevrotos Wallaard, Fraaije, Van Bakel, Jagt & Müller, 2023
• † Dardanus portmorantensis Collins & Donovan, 2010
• Dardanus robustus Asakura, 2006
• Dardanus rufus Buitendijk, 1937
• Dardanus sanguinocarpus Degener in Edmondson, 1925
• Dardanus sanguinolentus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
• Dardanus scutellatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848)
• Dardanus setifer (H. Milne Edwards, 1836)
• Dardanus sinistripes (Stimpson, 1859)
• † Dardanus squamatus Collins in Collins, Portell & Donovan, 2009
• Dardanus squarrosus Cook, 1989
• Dardanus stimpsoni Ayón Parente & Hendrickx, 2009
• † Dardanus substriatus (A. Milne-Edwards in Sismonda, 1861)
• † Dardanus suessi Beschin, Busulini, Tessier & Zorzin, 2016
• Dardanus sulcatus Edmondson, 1925
• Dardanus tinctor (Forskål, 1775)
• Dardanus umbella Asakura, 2006
• Dardanus undulatus (Balss, 1921)
• † Dardanus vandeneeckhauti Fraaije, Van Bakel, Iserbyt & Jagt, 2011
• Dardanus venosus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848)
• Dardanus vulnerans (Thallwitz, 1891)
• Dardanus woodmasoni (Alcock, 1905)

• 
  Dardanus arrosor
• 
  Dardanus calidus
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  Dardanus deformis
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  Dardanus guttatus
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  Dardanus lagopodes
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  Dardanus megistos
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  Dardanus pedunculatus
• 
  Dardanus tinctor

References

1. Patsy McLaughlin & Michael Türkay (2023). McLaughlin, P.; De Grave, S.; Ahyong, S. (eds.). "Dardanus Paulson, 1875". World Paguroidea database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 30 September 2025.