Dardanus gemmatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848)

Pagurus gemmatus H. Milne Edwards, 1848: 60 (Marquesas, type locality).

Dardanus gemmatus – Haig & Ball, 1988: 164–165; Cassidy, 2005: 102–104, Fig. 6, McLaughlin et al., 2007: 81–82, 2 unlabelled figures.

Habitat. Subtidal to deepwater, 10–50 m, possibly 100 m (McLaughlin et al., 2007); associated with anemones.

Remarks. Cassidy (2005) expressed the belief that previous Philippine records of D. dearmatus by Estampador (1937, 1959) and Yap-Chiongco (1938) actually refer to D. gemmatus, but did not explain the reason for his opinion.