Dardanus lagopodes Dark Knee Hermit Crab

Dardanus lagopodes is commonly referred to as Dark Knee Hermit Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: простой. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Dardanus lagopodes, La Reunion 2016

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Scientific:: Dardanus lagopodes
German:: Dunkles-Knie Einsiedlerkrebs
English:: Dark Knee Hermit Crab

Category:: Рак - Отшельник

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Dardanus (Genus) > lagopodes (Species)
Initial determination:: (Forskål, ), 1775

Occurrence:: (the) Maldives, Arafura Sea, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia, Bali, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, India, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Moluccas, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales (Australia), Northern Territory (Australia), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tansania, Tasman Sea, the Seychelles, Western Australia
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 0 - 120 Meter
Habitats:: Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Reef roofs, Reef canopies, Reef-associated, Sandy sea floors, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 2.36" (6 cm)
Temperature:: 23,5 °F - 28,9 °F (23,5°C - 28,9°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Clams, omnivore
Tank:: 22 gal (~ 100L)
Difficulty:: простой
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-09-20 08:17:40
Last edit:: 2025-10-29 20:05:19

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Dardanus lagopodes (Forskål, 1775)

This very hairy hermit crab ist easy to keep in Reef Tanks. Its reef safe.

Similar to Dardanus balhibuon.

Synonymised names
Cancer lagopodes Forskål, 1775 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Dardanus helleri Paulson, 1875 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pagurus affinis H. Milne Edwards, 1836 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pagurus depressus Heller, 1861 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pagurus euopsis Dana, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg - pdf (en). Abgerufen am 25.08.2025.
Reefguide.org (en). Abgerufen am 27.02.2023.
ResearchGate (en). Abgerufen am 24.05.2023.
researchgáte (en). Abgerufen am 29.10.2025.
sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 20.04.2024.

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f0000117_Dardanus lagopodes , Tanzania 2025

PN0A1794_Dardanus lagopodes, Tanzania 2024

Husbandry know-how of owners

Steffen Schwarz
@Steffen Schwarz

am 11.07.05#1

Gut verträglicher Einsiedler für das Riffaquarium.
Frisst so gut wie alles und ist nicht agressiv gegenüber anderen Beckenbewohnern.
Meiner Meinung nach sogar ein guter Algenfresser der bei mir auch kurze rote Algen frisst um die andere Einsiedler (Clibanarius/Calcinus) einen Bogen machen. Der Körper ist stark behaart, bei meinem Exemplar sind die "Borsten" blau gefärbt.

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