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Dardanus calidus is a species of hermit crab from the East Atlantic (Portugal to Senegal) and Mediterranean Sea.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Red Hermit Crab being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Dardanus venosus
- Dardanus crassimanus
- Dardanus fucosus
- Dardanus arrosor
- Strigopagurus strigimanus
- Paguristes eremita
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Diogenidae
- Genus
- Dardanus
- Species
- Dardanus calidus
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