Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

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

Invertebrates
Crustaceans
Hermit Crabs

Dark Knee Hermit Crab

Whitebanded Hermit Crab

Beautiful Hermit Crab

Hawaiian Elegant Hermit Crab

Small White Hermit Crab

Haig's Hermit Crab

Laurent's Hermit Crab

Line-Legged Hermit Crab

Jeweled Anemone Hermit Crab

Orange Hermit Crab

Hopper's Hermit Crab

Coral Residing Hermit Crab

Kropp's Coral Hermit Crab

Paguritta sp. 1

Halloween Hermit Crab

Hairy Red Hermit Crab

Hairy Yellow Hermit Crab

White-spotted Hermit Crab

True Crabs
Mantis Shrimps
Squat Lobsters
Slipper Lobsters
Porcelain Crabs
Skeleton Shrimps
Barnacles
Sea Spiders
Shrimps
Boxer Shrimps
Spiny Lobsters
Reef Lobsters


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