Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Anemone-Carrying Hermit Crab
Description
Family Diogenidae
Bases of third maxillipeds as close together as those of the first 2 pairs; both sexes with paired pleopods (male with 2 pairs, female with 1 pair); with 13 pairs of gills ; chelipeds similar and nearly equal (includes 2 species of hermit crabs found subtidally).
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
()
- (Chernyshev, 1960)
- Superclass:
Crustacea
()
- Pennant, 1777
- Crustaceans
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
()
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
()
- Grobben, 1892
- Superorder:
Eucarida
()
- Calman, 1904
- Order:
Decapoda
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Decapods
- Suborder:
Pleocyemata
()
- Burkenroad, 1963
- Infraorder:
Anomura
()
- MacLeay, 1838
- Superfamily:
Paguroidea
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Family:
Diogenidae
()
- Ortmann, 1892
- lefthanded hermit crabs, left-handed hermit crabs
- Genus:
Dardanus
()
- Paulson, 1875
- Specific name:
pedunculatus
- (J. F. W. Herbst, 1804)
- Scientific name: - Dardanus pedunculatus (J. F. W. Herbst, 1804)
- Specific name:
pedunculatus
- (J. F. W. Herbst, 1804)
- Genus:
Dardanus
(
- Family:
Diogenidae
(
- Superfamily:
Paguroidea
(
- Infraorder:
Anomura
(
- Suborder:
Pleocyemata
(
- Order:
Decapoda
(
- Superorder:
Eucarida
(
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
(
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
(
- Superclass:
Crustacea
(
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 18-Jan-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Dardanus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in this genus:
D. deformis (Pale Anemone Hermit) · D. fucosus (Bareye Hermit) · D. gemmatus (Jeweled Anemone Hermit) · D. insignis (Red Brocade Hermit) · D. megistos (Scarlet Hermit Crab) · D. pedunculatus (Anemone-Carrying Hermit Crab) · D. sanguinocarpus (Bloody Hermit) · D. tinctor (Blue-Eye Hermit Crab) · D. venosus (Stareye Hermit)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 14, 2008:
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- Senckenberg: Collection Crustacea
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-660175
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13836958
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 660175
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 663831
