Dardanus megistos (Herbst 1804)

Celia, Maria, Malay, D., Miller, Allison K. & Komai, Tomoyuki, 2021, Hermit crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) of the Northern Marianas, including new records and an updated checklist, Micronesica 2021 (1), pp. 1-29 : 11

Dardanus megistos (Herbst 1804)

Fig. 4c

Material. 1 specimen (SIO-BIC C14244), between Guguan and Alamagan Islands, station AKM-PAG-05 .

Remarks. Very large individual occupying a triton ( Charonia tritonis ) shell.

Figures

Fig. 4. A: Dardanus jacquesi Asakura and Hirayama, 2002, Pagan Island (SIO-BIC C14509). B: Dardanus lagopodes (Forskål, 1775), juvenile, Pagan Island (SIO-BIC C14505). C: Dardanus megistos (Herbst, 1804), between Guguan and Alamagan Islands (SIO-BIC C14244). D: Dardanus pedunculatus (Herbst, 1804), Agrihan Island (SIO-BIC C14212). E: Dardanus sanguinolentus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Saipan Island (SIO-BIC C14507; recently preserved). F: Micropagurus devaneyi McLaughlin, 1986, Saipan Island (UF 7437).