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Hairy red hermit crab
Dardanus lagopodes
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 208704, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Hairy red hermit crab
- Scientific
- Dardanus lagopodes
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 120 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The hairy red hermit crab is a hermit crab with red legs covered in fine hairs and blue-green eyes. It lives on shallow reefs and rubble.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=5); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=32, 21 observers); literature records via OBIS; SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Dardanus-lagopodes.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208704
- inaturalist.org /taxa/319352
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Cangrejo_ermitaño_(Dardanus_lagopodes),_Zanzíbar,_Tanzania,
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.