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Giant Orange Hermit Crab

Dardanus megistos (Herbst 1804)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Dardanus megistos (Herbst 1804)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Dardanus megistos
Species recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia VI, Australia Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Guam Species List, Kiribati Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Mayotte Species List, Palau Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Philippines Species List, Reunion Species List, Samoa Species List, Tanzania Species List, Vanuatu Species List, Indonesia Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Ceram Sea Species List- duplicate, Coral Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Halmahera Sea Species List, North Pacific Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia AF, NCBI, Ceram Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, and United States Species List
Dardanus megistos
Recognized by Moorea Biocode, Undersea Productions, and Furui 2020
Dardanus megistos (J. F. W. Herbst 1804)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, GBIF classification, and Mozambique Species List
Dardanus megistos (J. F. W. Herbst 1804)
Recognized by Marine Life in the Koh Phangan vicinity
Dardanus megistos
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia ES, wikipedia FR, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, and Wikipedia (inferred records)
Dardanus megistos
Recognized by Flickr Group
Dardanus megistos (Herbst 1804)
Species recognized by iNaturalist, World Register of Marine Species, and TreatmentBank
Dardanus megistos (J. F. W. Herbst 1804)
Species recognized by Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy and GBIF data coverage

Alternative Names

Dardanus jordani Schmitt 1921
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Dardanus megsitos (Herbst 1804)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Dardanus spinimanus (H. Milne Edwards 1848)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pagurus megistos (Herbst 1804)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pagurus punctulatus Olivier 1812
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pagurus spinimanus H. Milne Edwards 1848
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Cancer megistos J. F. W. Herbst 1804
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Dardanus jordani Schmitt 1921
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Pagurus punctulatus Miers 1879
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Common Names

English

Giant orange hermit crab preferred
Recognized by Undersea Productions
spotted hermit crab
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
white-spotted hermit crab
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
whitespotted hermit
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species (prefers this name)

Afrikaans

Reuse- gevlekte kluisenaarskrap preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

斑點真寄居蟹 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

コモンヤドカリ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and World Register of Marine Species

Thai

ปูเสฉวนยักษ์จุดขาว preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

斑點真寄居蟹 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Dardanus megistos (Herbst 1804)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Multicrustacea
Malacostraca Latreille 1802
Eumalacostraca
Eucarida Calman 1904
Decapoda Latreille 1802
Pleocyemata Burkenroad 1963
Anomura MacLeay 1838
Paguroidea Latreille 1802
Diogenidae Ortmann 1892
Dardanus Paulson 1875
Dardanus megistos (Herbst 1804) (this page)
Dardanus arrosor (Herbst 1796)
Dardanus aspersus (Berthold 1846)
Dardanus australis Forest & Morgan 1991
Dardanus balhibuon Malay, Rahayu & Chan 2018
Dardanus brachyops Forest 1962
Dardanus calidus (Risso 1827)
Dardanus callichela Cook 1989
Dardanus corrugatus Cook 1989
Dardanus crassimanus (H. Milne Edwards 1836)
Dardanus dearmatus (Henderson 1888)
Dardanus deformis (H. Milne Edwards 1836)
Dardanus fucosus Biffar & Provenzano 1972
Dardanus gemmatus (H. Milne Edwards 1848)
Dardanus guttatus (Olivier 1812)
Dardanus hessii (Miers 1884)
Dardanus holthuisi Rahayu 2010
Dardanus imbricatus (H. Milne Edwards 1848)
Dardanus imperator (Miers 1881)
Dardanus impressus (De Haan 1849)
Dardanus insignis (de Saussure 1857)
Dardanus jacquesi Asakura & Hirayama 2002
Dardanus janethaigae Ayón Parente & Hendrickx 2009
Dardanus lagopodes (Forskål 1775)
Dardanus longior Asakura 2006
Dardanus magdalenensis Ayón Parente & Hendrickx 2009
Dardanus nudus Ayón Parente & Hendrickx 2009
Dardanus pectinatus (Ortmann 1892)
Dardanus pedunculatus (Herbst 1804)
Dardanus pilosus Ayón Parente & Hendrickx 2009
Dardanus robustus Asakura 2006
Dardanus rufus Buitendijk 1937
Dardanus sanguinocarpus Degener ex Edmondson 1925
Dardanus sanguinolentus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824)
Dardanus scutellatus (H. Milne Edwards 1848)
Dardanus setifer (H. Milne Edwards 1836)
Dardanus sinistripes (Stimpson 1859)
Dardanus squarrosus Cook 1989
Dardanus stimpsoni Ayón Parente & Hendrickx 2009
Dardanus sulcatus Edmondson 1925
Dardanus tinctor (Forskål 1775)
Dardanus umbella Asakura 2006
Dardanus undulatus (Balss 1921)
Dardanus venosus (H. Milne Edwards 1848)
Dardanus vulnerans (Thallwitz 1891)
Dardanus woodmasoni (Alcock 1905)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Multicrustacea
Malacostraca
Eumalacostraca
Eucarida
Decapoda
Paguroidea
Diogenidae
Dardanus
Dardanus megistos (J. F. W. Herbst 1804) (this page)
Dardanus arnoldi Rathbun 1926
Dardanus arrosor Herbst 1796
Dardanus australis Forest & Morgan 1991
Dardanus biordines Todd & Collins 2005
Dardanus brachyops Forest 1962
Dardanus crassimanus Milne-Edwards 1836
Dardanus curtimanus Muller & Collins 1991
Dardanus deformis (H. Milne Edwards 1836)
Dardanus fucosus Biffar & Provenzano 1972
Dardanus gemmatus (H. Milne Edwards 1848)
Dardanus guttatus (Olivier 1812)
Dardanus helleri Paul'son 1875
Dardanus hungaricus Lorenthey 1929
Dardanus impressus De Haan 1849
Dardanus insignis (de Saussure 1858)
Dardanus lagopodes (Forskål 1775)
Dardanus lauensis Rathbun 1945
Dardanus mediterraneus Lorenthey 1907
Dardanus mexicanus Vega et al. 2001
Dardanus muelleri Karasawa & Inoue 1992
Dardanus pedunculatus (J. F. W. Herbst 1804)
Dardanus sanguinocarpus Degener 1925
Dardanus setifer Milne-Edwards 1836
Dardanus squamatus Collins et al. 2009
Dardanus substriatus Milne-Edwards 1861
Dardanus sulcatus Edmondson 1925
Dardanus venosus (H. Milne Edwards 1848)

GBIF classification

Dardanus megistos (J. F. W. Herbst 1804) (this page)

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Crustacea Brünnich 1772
Malacostraca Latreille 1802
Eumalacostraca Grobben 1892
Eucarida Calman 1904
Decapoda Latreille 1802
Pleocyemata Burkenroad 1963
Anomura MacLeay 1838
Paguroidea Latreille 1802
Diogenidae Ortmann 1892
Dardanus Paul'son 1875
Dardanus megistos (J. F. W. Herbst 1804) (this page)
Dardanus arrosor (J. F. W. Herbst 1796)
Dardanus aspersus (Berthold 1846)
Dardanus australis Forest & Morgan 1991
Dardanus balhibuon Malay, Rahayu & T.-Y. Chan 2018
Dardanus brachyops Forest 1962
Dardanus calidus (Risso 1827)
Dardanus callichela Cook 1989
Dardanus corrugatus Cook 1989
Dardanus crassimanus (H. Milne-Edwards 1836)
Dardanus dearmatus (Henderson 1888)
Dardanus deformis (H. Milne-Edwards 1836)
Dardanus fucosus Biffar & Provenzano 1972
Dardanus gemmatus (H. Milne-Edwards 1848)
Dardanus guttatus (Olivier 1812)
Dardanus hessii (Miers 1884)
Dardanus holthuisi Rahayu 2010
Dardanus imbricatus (H. Milne-Edwards 1848)
Dardanus imperator (Miers 1881)
Dardanus impressus (De Haan 1849)
Dardanus insignis (de Saussure 1858)
Dardanus jacquesi Asakura & Hirayama 2002
Dardanus janethaigae Ayón-Parente & Hendrickx 2009
Dardanus lagopodes (Forskål 1775)
Dardanus longior Asakura 2006
Dardanus magdalenensis Ayón-Parente & Hendrickx 2009
Dardanus nudus Ayón-Parente & Hendrickx 2009
Dardanus pectinatus (Ortmann 1892)
Dardanus pedunculatus (J. F. W. Herbst 1804)
Dardanus pilosus Ayón-Parente & Hendrickx 2009
Dardanus robustus Asakura 2006
Dardanus rufus Buitendijk 1937
Dardanus sanguinocarpus Degener 1925
Dardanus sanguinolentus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824)
Dardanus scutellatus (H. Milne-Edwards 1848)
Dardanus setifer (H. Milne-Edwards 1836)
Dardanus sinistripes (Stimpson 1859)
Dardanus squarrosus Cook 1989
Dardanus stimpsoni Ayón-Parente & Hendrickx 2009
Dardanus sulcatus Edmondson 1925
Dardanus tinctor (Forskål 1775)
Dardanus umbella Asakura 2006
Dardanus undulatus (Balss 1921)
Dardanus venosus (H. Milne-Edwards 1848)
Dardanus vulnerans (Thallwitz 1892)
Dardanus woodmasoni (Alcock 1905)

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Mandibulata
Pancrustacea
Crustacea
Multicrustacea
Malacostraca
Eumalacostraca
Eucarida
Decapoda
Pleocyemata
Anomura
Paguroidea
Diogenidae
Dardanus
Dardanus megistos (this page)
Dardanus arrosor
Dardanus calidus
Dardanus crassimanus
Dardanus deformis
Dardanus fucosus
Dardanus guttatus
Dardanus impressus
Dardanus insignis
Dardanus jacquesi
Dardanus lagopodes
Dardanus pedunculatus
Dardanus sanguinocarpus
Dardanus scutellatus
Dardanus setifer
Dardanus venosus
Dardanus woodmasoni
unclassified Dardanus

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Crustacea
Malacostraca
Eumalacostraca
Eucarida
Decapoda
Pleocyemata
Anomura
Paguroidea
Diogenidae
Dardanus
Dardanus megistos (this page)
Dardanus aspersus
Dardanus australis
Dardanus balhibuon
Dardanus brachyops
Dardanus calidus
Dardanus callichela
Dardanus corrugatus
Dardanus crassimanus
Dardanus dearmatus
Dardanus deformis
Dardanus euopsis
Dardanus fucosus
Dardanus gemmatus
Dardanus guttatus
Dardanus haani
Dardanus helleri
Dardanus hessii
Dardanus holthuisi
Dardanus imbricatus
Dardanus imperator
Dardanus impressus
Dardanus insignis
Dardanus jacquesi
Dardanus janethaigae
Dardanus jordani
Dardanus lagopodes
Dardanus longior
Dardanus magdalenensis
Dardanus nudus
Dardanus pectinatus
Dardanus pedunculatus
Dardanus pilosus
Dardanus robustus
Dardanus rufus
Dardanus sanguinocarpus
Dardanus sanguinolentus
Dardanus sculptipes
Dardanus scutellatus
Dardanus setifer
Dardanus sinistripes
Dardanus squarrosus
Dardanus stimpsoni
Dardanus sulcatus
Dardanus tinctor
Dardanus umbella
Dardanus undulatus
Dardanus venosus
Dardanus vulnerans
Dardanus woodmasoni

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Diogenidae
Dardanus
Dardanus megistos (Herbst 1804) (this page)
Dardanus arnoldi Rathbun 1926
Dardanus arrosor (Herbst 1796)
Dardanus aspersus (Berthold 1846)
Dardanus australis Forest & Morgan 1991
Dardanus balaitus Ferratges, Artal, Van Bakel & Zamora 2022
Dardanus balhibuon Malay, Rahayu & Chan 2018
Dardanus bayani Beschin, Busulini, Tessier & Zorzin 2016
Dardanus biordines Collins & Todd ex Todd & Collins 2005
Dardanus brachyops Forest 1962
Dardanus braggensis Beschin, Busulini & Tessier 2015
Dardanus calidus (Risso 1827)
Dardanus callichela Cook 1989
Dardanus caporiondoi Ceccon & De Angeli 2019
Dardanus cherpionensis Marangon & De Angeli 2020
Dardanus colosseus Fraaije & Polkowsky 2016
Dardanus corrugatus Cook 1989
Dardanus crassimanus (H. Milne Edwards 1836)
Dardanus curtimanus Müller & Collins 1991
Dardanus cyprioticus Wallaard, Fraaije, Van Bakel, Jagt & Müller 2023
Dardanus dearmatus (Henderson 1888)
Dardanus deformis (H. Milne Edwards 1836)
Dardanus faxensis Jakobsen, Fraaije, Jagt & Van Bakel 2020
Dardanus fucosus Biffar & Provenzano 1972
Dardanus gemmatus (H. Milne Edwards 1848)
Dardanus guttatus (Olivier 1812)
Dardanus hessii (Miers 1884)
Dardanus holthuisi Rahayu 2010
Dardanus hungaricus (Lőrenthey ex Lőrenthey & Beurlen 1929)
Dardanus imbricatus (H. Milne Edwards 1848)
Dardanus imperator (Miers 1881)
Dardanus impressus (De Haan 1849)
Dardanus insignis (de Saussure 1857)
Dardanus jacquesi Asakura & Hirayama 2002
Dardanus janethaigae Ayón Parente & Hendrickx 2009
Dardanus lagopodes (Forskål 1775)
Dardanus lauensis Rathbun 1945
Dardanus longior Asakura 2006
Dardanus magdalenensis Ayón Parente & Hendrickx 2009
Dardanus mediterraneus (Lőrenthey 1907)
Dardanus muelleri Karasawa & Inoue 1992
Dardanus nudus Ayón Parente & Hendrickx 2009
Dardanus pectinatus (Ortmann 1892)
Dardanus pedunculatus (Herbst 1804)
Dardanus pilosus Ayón Parente & Hendrickx 2009
Dardanus plevrotos Wallaard, Fraaije, Van Bakel, Jagt & Müller 2023
Dardanus robustus Asakura 2006
Dardanus rufus Buitendijk 1937
Dardanus sanguinocarpus Degener ex Edmondson 1925
Dardanus sanguinolentus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824)
Dardanus scutellatus (H. Milne Edwards 1848)
Dardanus setifer (H. Milne Edwards 1836)
Dardanus sinistripes (Stimpson 1859)
Dardanus squamatus Collins ex Collins, Portell & Donovan 2009
Dardanus squarrosus Cook 1989
Dardanus stimpsoni Ayón Parente & Hendrickx 2009
Dardanus substriatus (A. Milne-Edwards ex Sismonda 1861)
Dardanus sulcatus Edmondson 1925
Dardanus tinctor (Forskål 1775)
Dardanus umbella Asakura 2006
Dardanus undulatus (Balss 1921)
Dardanus vandeneeckhauti Fraaije, Van Bakel, Iserbyt & Jagt 2011
Dardanus venosus (H. Milne Edwards 1848)
Dardanus vulnerans (Thallwitz 1891)
Dardanus woodmasoni (Alcock 1905)
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