Dardanus arrosor Herbst 1796 (hermit crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diogenidae

Alternative combination: Cancer arrosor

Full reference: J. F. W. Herbst. 1796. Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten, Zweiter Band, Heft 6 163-225

Belongs to Dardanus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Herbst 1796 and Müller 1984

Sister taxa: Dardanus arnoldi, Dardanus australis, Dardanus balaitus, Dardanus bayani, Dardanus biordines, Dardanus braggensis, Dardanus colosseus, Dardanus crassimanus, Dardanus curtimanus, Dardanus deformis, Dardanus faxensis, Dardanus gemmatus, Dardanus helleri, Dardanus hungaricus, Dardanus impressus, Dardanus lauensis, Dardanus mediterraneus, Dardanus megistos, Dardanus mexicanus, Dardanus muelleri, Dardanus pedunculatus, Dardanus portmorantensis, Dardanus setifer, Dardanus squamatus, Dardanus substriatus, Dardanus suessi

Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Fiji (1 collection), Hungary (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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