Dardanus scutellatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848)

Ririhena, Dharma Arif Nugroho Dwi Listyo Rahayu Rianta Pratiwi Rena Tri Hernawati Ujang Nurhaman John Etry, 2024, Hermit crabs (Decapoda: Anomura: Coenobitidae, Calcinidae, Diogenidae, Paguridae) from Halmahera Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, Nauplius (e 20240507) 32, pp. 1-24 : 10

Dardanus scutellatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848)

( Fig. 6B )

Habitat. Sandy shore, seagrass bed, and reef flat, intertidal.

Distribution. Indian Ocean to the Philippines.

Indonesia: Timor and Maluku.

Remarks. Only one specimen was collected during this study. The specific characters include the elongated left cheliped palm that is covered by short stiff setae, with a denticulate lower margin continued to the fixed finger, and the sculptured lateral face of the left third pereopod. This is not a very common species in Indonesian waters.

Figures

Figure 6.(A) Dardanus lagopodes (Forskål, 1775), female, 5.5 mm (MZB Cru 5519). (B) Dardanus scutelatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848), male, 3.6 mm (MZB Cru 5523).(C) Clibanariusambonensis Rahayu and Forest, 1993 (photo in preservative), male,5.3 mm (MZB Cru 5524). (D) Clibanarius cruentatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848), male, 4.9 mm (MZB Cru 5525). (E) Clibanarius demani Buitendijk, 1937, male, 2.7 mm (MZB Cru 5526). (F) Clibanarius englaucus Ball and Haig, 1972, male, 2.2 mm (MZB Cru 5529). Live coloration unless indicated otherwise.