#4526 · 🦀 crabs & other crustaceans

Red Hermit Crab

🇳🇱 Rode heremietkreeft ·Dardanus calidus

🦀 Crabs & other crustaceans 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © luca tringali · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Zaira Da Ros · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © whodden · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. 18697 La Herradura, Granada, España:© Edu Alcaniz · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. Le Brusc:© Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. puente mayorga:© whodden · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Montredon, Marseille, France:© Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Caniço, Portugal:© Donald Davesne · CC BY 4.0
9. La Maddalena, Sassari, Italie:© Loïs Rancilhac · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES:© Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

Dardanus calidus is a species of hermit crab from the East Atlantic (Portugal to Senegal) and Mediterranean Sea.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,496iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,496 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Antoine Risso in 1827 (199 years ago).