Dardanus arrosor, the red reef hermit or Mediterranean hermit crab, is a species of hermit crab.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Dardanus arrosor 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
- Paguristes eremita
- Diacanthurus spinulimanus
- Strigopagurus strigimanus
- Dardanus fucosus
- Dardanus calidus
- Petrochirus diogenes
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Diogenidae
- Genus
- Dardanus
- Species
- Dardanus arrosor
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