Dardanus guttatus Blue Knee Hermit Crab

Dardanus guttatus is commonly referred to as Blue Knee Hermit Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Pour aquariophiles éprouvés. A aquarium size of at least 720 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2925 

AphiaID:

208734 

Scientific:

Dardanus guttatus 

German:

Blau-Knie Einsiedler 

English:

Blue Knee Hermit Crab 

Category:

bernard l'ermite 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Dardanus (Genus) > guttatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Olivier, ), 1812 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Australia, Christmas Islands, Cook Islands, East Africa, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Fiji, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mayotte, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Palau, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Réunion , Samoa, Somalia, Taiwan, Tansania, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Tuamoto Islands, Wallis and Futuna, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 50 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 3.94" (10 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 83.84 °F (24°C - 28.8°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Carrion, Clam meat, Clams, Crabs, Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Krill, Lobster eggs, Mysis, Schrimps, Shrimps, Smelts, Snails 

Tank:

158.38 gal (~ 720L)  

Difficulty:

Pour aquariophiles éprouvés 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Dardanus brachyops
  Tiefsee-Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Dardanus deformis
  Blasser Anemonen-Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Dardanus fucosus
  Balken-Augen Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Dardanus gemmatus
  Juwelen-Anemonen Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Dardanus guttatus
  Blau-Knie Einsiedler
• 
  Dardanus insignis
  Brokatroter Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Dardanus lagopodes
  Dunkles-Knie Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Dardanus megistos
  Weiß-Gepunkteter Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Dardanus pedunculatus
  Anemonen-Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Dardanus sanguinocarpus
  Blutiger Einsiedlerkrebs
• Dardanus sulcatus
• 
  Dardanus venosus
  Sternaugen-Einsiedlerkrebs
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Dardanus arrosor
  Großer Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Dardanus balhibuon
  Balhibuon Einsiedlerkrebs, Haariger-Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Dardanus calidus
  Großer Roter Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Dardanus crassimanus
  Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Dardanus jacquesi
  Roter Dardanus
• 
  Dardanus longior
  Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Dardanus sanguinolentus
  Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Dardanus scutellatus
  Scutella-Einsiedlerkrebs, Schuppiger Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Dardanus setifer
  Einsiedlerkrebs
• 
  Dardanus tinctor
  Rotes-Meer-Anemonenträger
• 
  Dardanus woodmasoni
  Woodmansoni-Einsiedlerkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2009-11-23 18:24:33 

Last edit:

2024-11-20 20:45:15 

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