Hermit crab / Weisspunkt Einsiedlerkrebs

(Dardanus megistos)

hermit crab - Einsiedler

Both photos of these hermit crabs were taken at night. This crab can reach up to 15 cm and as such is one of the largest hermit crabs on the world. It likes to eat jellyfish and cephalopods. As shown below this crab likes to grab the shells of different sea slugs to hide inside (first photo probably Melo sp., second photo probably Pleuropoca sp.).

House reef, Donggala, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia 2001

Taken with a Sea and Sea Motomarine II EX , 1:3, F 22

hermit crab - Einsiedler

hermit crab - Einsiedler


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