DecaNet taxon details
Dardanus megistos (Herbst, 1804)
208700 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208700)
accepted
Species
Cancer megistes Herbst, 1804 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Cancer megistos Herbst, 1804 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Dardanus jordani Schmitt, 1921 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dardanus megsitos (Herbst, 1804) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Dardanus spinimanus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pagurus megistos (Herbst, 1804) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pagurus punctulatus Olivier, 1812 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pagurus spinimanus H. Milne Edwards, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cancer megistos Herbst, 1804) Herbst, J.F.W. (1799-1804). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse &c. &c. Dritter Band. Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, 66 + 46+ 54 + 49 pp., 16 pls. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Dardanus megistos (Herbst, 1804). Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208700 on 2025-04-11
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(of Dardanus jordani Schmitt, 1921) Schmitt, W.L. (1921). The marine decapod Crustacea of California with special reference to the decapod Crustacea collected by the Unites States Bureau of Fisheries steamer ”Albatross” in connection with the biological survey of San Francisco Bay during the years 1912-1913. 1-470, pls. 1-50. University of California Press, Berkeley. [details]
original description (of Cancer megistos Herbst, 1804) Herbst, J.F.W. (1799-1804). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse &c. &c. Dritter Band. Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, 66 + 46+ 54 + 49 pp., 16 pls. [details]
original description (of Pagurus punctulatus Olivier, 1812) Olivier, A.G. (1812). Pagure. <i>Pagurus</i>. In: Encyclopedie Methodique. Histoire Naturelle. Insectes (A. G. Olivier, ed.), pp. 631-647. Paris. [details]
original description (of Pagurus spinimanus H. Milne Edwards, 1848) Milne Edwards, H. (1848). Note sur quelques nouvelles espèces du genre Pagure. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie, Paris, ser. 3.</em> 10: 59-64. [details]
basis of record Reay, P.J. & J. Haig (1990). Coastal hermit crabs (Decapoda: Anomura) from Kenya, with a review and key to East African species. Bulletin of Marine Science 46(3): 578-589 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source McLaughlin, P. A., Komai, T., Lemaitre, R. & Rahayu, D.L. (2010). Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I — Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> Supplement 23: 5–107. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Cancer megistos Herbst, 1804) Herbst, J.F.W. (1799-1804). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse &c. &c. Dritter Band. Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, 66 + 46+ 54 + 49 pp., 16 pls. [details]
original description (of Pagurus punctulatus Olivier, 1812) Olivier, A.G. (1812). Pagure. <i>Pagurus</i>. In: Encyclopedie Methodique. Histoire Naturelle. Insectes (A. G. Olivier, ed.), pp. 631-647. Paris. [details]
original description (of Pagurus spinimanus H. Milne Edwards, 1848) Milne Edwards, H. (1848). Note sur quelques nouvelles espèces du genre Pagure. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie, Paris, ser. 3.</em> 10: 59-64. [details]
basis of record Reay, P.J. & J. Haig (1990). Coastal hermit crabs (Decapoda: Anomura) from Kenya, with a review and key to East African species. Bulletin of Marine Science 46(3): 578-589 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source McLaughlin, P. A., Komai, T., Lemaitre, R. & Rahayu, D.L. (2010). Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I — Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> Supplement 23: 5–107. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | white-spotted hermit crabwhitespotted hermitspotted hermit crab | [details] |
| German | Weißpunkt-EinsiedlerkrebsWeißpunkteinsiedler | [details] |
| Japanese | コモンヤドカリ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Pagurus spinimanus H. Milne Edwards, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications) (from synonym Pagurus punctulatus Olivier, 1812)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pagurus megistos (Herbst, 1804))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cancer megistos Herbst, 1804)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Hermit Crab)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dardanus megistos)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Dardanus jordani Schmitt, 1921)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Pagurus punctulatus Olivier, 1812)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (86 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Pagurus spinimanus H. Milne Edwards, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications) (from synonym Pagurus punctulatus Olivier, 1812)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pagurus megistos (Herbst, 1804))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cancer megistos Herbst, 1804)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Hermit Crab)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dardanus megistos)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Dardanus jordani Schmitt, 1921)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Pagurus punctulatus Olivier, 1812)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (86 records)
To ITIS
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