Dardanus gemmatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848 )

Malay, Maria Celia (Machel) D., Rahayu, Dwi Listyo & Chan, Tin-Yam, 2018, Hermit crabs of the genera Calcinus Dana, Clibanarius Dana, and Dardanus Paul’son from the PANGLAO 2004 Expedition, with description of a new species and a checklist of the hermit crabs of the Philippines (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguroidea), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 66, pp. 23-65 : 59

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.

Figures

Fig. 6. Dardanus balhibuon, new species, holotype. Female SL 14.3 mm, stn R38, NMCR 40109. A, Shield and cephalic appendages; B, Interocular plate and right ocular acicle; C, Right antennal peduncle; D, Anterior lobe of sternite of third pereopods; E, Telson, dorsal view; F, Posterior lobes of telson, ventral view. Scale bars = 1 mm.