Dardanus megistos

Dardanus megistos
Dardanus megistos wearing triton, in Anilao, Philippines
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Diogenidae
Genus: Dardanus
Species:
D. megistos
Binomial name
Dardanus megistos
Synonyms
  • Dardanus spinimanus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848)
  • Pagurus punctulatus Miers, 1879
  • Pagurus spinimanus H. Milne Edwards, 1848

Dardanus megistos, the white-spotted hermit crab or spotted hermit crab, is a species of hermit crab belonging to the family Diogenidae.