Dardanus lagopodes

Dardanus lagopodes, known commonly as the hairy red hermit crab, is a species of marine decapod crustacean in the family Diogenidae.^[1] Dardanus lagopodes is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific region, including the Red Sea.^[2][3] It reaches a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in).^[3]

Dardanus lagopodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Diogenidae
Genus:	Dardanus
Species:	D. lagopodes
Binomial name
Dardanus lagopodes (Forskål, 1775)