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Blue-eyed hermit crab
Dardanus scutellatus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 208695, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Blue-eyed hermit crab
- Scientific
- Dardanus scutellatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 15 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The blue-eyed hermit crab is a large hermit crab with red-brown legs and claws and blue eyes. It lives in large snail shells on sand and rubble.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=4); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=34, 27 observers); literature records via OBIS.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Dardanus-scutellatus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208695
- inaturalist.org /taxa/355012
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Dardanus_scutellatus_Réunion.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.