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Blue knee hermit crab
Dardanus guttatus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 208734, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Blue knee hermit crab
- Scientific
- Dardanus guttatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 50 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The blue knee hermit crab has orange-red legs with white spots and blue bands at the joints. It lives on reefs and rubble.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=18, 15 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Dardanus-guttatus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208734
- inaturalist.org /taxa/335082
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Aniculus_aniculus_Dardanus_sanguinolentus_Dardanus_guttatus
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.