Home > Invertebrates > Hermit Crabs > Dardanus sanguinocarpus

Updated 2/15/2021

Family Diogenidae

CENTRAL PACIFIC / HAWAII

Dardanus sanguinocarpus

Leleiwi, Hawaii, 50 feet

 

Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 50 feet

Sea Cave, Oahu, 30 feet

 

Sea Cave, Oahu, 30 feet

Sea Cave, Oahu, 30 feet

 


Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 20 feet

  
   

BLOODY HERMIT CRAB

Common in medium-sized shells at any depth.  Hairy, legs flesh-colored with white bands, one or two black spots (bright red in deep water) above second segment, red and purple above pincers.  Attains carapace width of 1.5 inch.  Known from the Hawaiian, Marquesas, and Marshall Islands.  Replaced by Dardanus lagopdes elsewhere.