Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Dark Knee Hermit Crab
Dark Knee Hermit Crab
Scientific Name: Dardanus lagopodes
Also known as: Hairy Red Hermit Crab
Category: Hermit Crabs
Size: up to 1.25 in. (3 cm)  
Depth: 3-150 ft. (1-45 m)

Invertebrates
Crustaceans
Hermit Crabs

Dark Knee Hermit Crab

Hawaiian Elegant Hermit Crab

Haig's Hermit Crab

Laurent's Hermit Crab

Small White Hermit Crab

Whitebanded Hermit Crab

Line-Legged Hermit Crab

Orange Hermit Crab

Jeweled Anemone Hermit Crab

Hopper's Hermit Crab

Coral Hermit Crab (P. kroppi)

Giant Hermit Crab

White Speckled Hermit Crab

Blue-Eye Hermit Crab

Stareye Hermit Crab

Blue-Legged Hermit Crab

Orangeclaw Hermit Crab

Red Reef Hermit Crab

Red-Stripe Hermit Crab

White-spotted Hermit Crab

Horseshoe Crabs
True Crabs
Spiny Lobsters
Isopods
Porcelain Crabs
Shrimps
Barnacles
Mantis Shrimps
Slipper Lobsters
Reef Lobsters


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