Dardanus insignis Red Brocade Hermit Crab

Dardanus insignis is commonly referred to as Red Brocade Hermit Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Thomas Menut, Frankreich

Dardanus pectinatus,Lobata, ST-ST, ST 2022

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lexID:: 16057
AphiaID:: 367585

Scientific:: Dardanus insignis
German:: Brokatroter Einsiedlerkrebs
English:: Red Brocade Hermit Crab

Category:: Hermit Crabs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Diogenidae (Family) > Dardanus (Genus) > insignis (Species)
Initial determination:: (de Saussure, ), 1857

Occurrence:: Guadeloupe, Barbados, Argentina, Brazil, Florida, French Guiana, Gulf of Mexico, São Tomé e Principé, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, Uruguay, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean
Marine Zone:: Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones.
Sea depth:: 10 - 366 Meter
Habitats:: Rocky, hard seabeds, Rubble floors, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds, Stony soils
Temperature:: 12,2 °F - 24,6 °F (12,2°C - 24,6°C)
Food:: No reliable information available, omnivore
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2023-11-10 20:41:51
Last edit:: 2026-08-09 20:06:31

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Dardanus insignis (de Saussure, 1857)

The Red Brocade Hermit Crab occupying the shell of Pachycymbiola brasiliana.

Synonymised names
Aniculus petersii A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dardanus arrosor insignis (de Saussure, 1857) · unaccepted > superseded rank
Dardanus pectinatus (Ortmann, 1892) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pagurus insignis de Saussure, 1857 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pagurus pectinatus Ortmann, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pagurus striatus var. pectinata Ortmann, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

crabdatabase (en). Abgerufen am 10.11.2023.
EOL (en). Abgerufen am 10.11.2023.
sealifebase (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 10.11.2023.
treatment (en). Abgerufen am 10.11.2023.
treatment (en). Abgerufen am 10.11.2023.

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Dardanus pectinatus,Lobata, ST-ST, ST 2022

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