Jeweled Anemone Crab (Dardanus gemmatus)

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Dardanus gemmatus (Jeweled Anemone Crab)

Scientific name: Dardanus gemmatus

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Arthropoda → Subphylum Crustacea → Superclass Multicrustacea → Class Malacostraca → Subclass Eumalacostraca → Superorder Eucarida → Order Decapoda → Suborder Pleocyemata → Infraorder Anomura → Superfamily Paguroidea → Family Calcinidae → Genus Dardanus

Common name: Jeweled Anemone Crab
Locations: Hawaii
Group: Marine Life → Invertebrates → Hermit Crabs

Possibly Dardanus pedunculatus. See http://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Dardanus-pedunculatus-Bernard-l-ermite-a-yeux-verts-3369

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