Dardanus hessii ( Miers, 1884 )

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 hessii ( Miers, 1884)

Pagurus hessii Miers, 1884: 264 , Fig. 4 , p. 28 (Arafura Sea, type locality); Alcock, 1905: 93–94; Fig. 4 , pl. 8.

Pagurus hessi – Fize & Serène, 1955: 214–220, Fig. 34, pl. 4 no. 8 (misspelling of Pagurus hessii ).

Pagurus semilimanus – Estampador, 1937: 503; Estampador, 1959: 51 (misspelling of Pagurus similimanus ).

Dardanus hessii – Haig & Ball, 1988: 165; McLaughlin et al., 2007: 87–88, 1 unlabelled figure.

Habitat. Subtidal, 10–55 m, possibly to 80 m; mud, sandmud, or sandy substrates.

Figures

Fig. 4. A, Dardanus sanguinolentus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). Female ovig. SL 6.3 mm, stn R6; B, Dardanus balhibuon, n. sp. Holotype female SL 14.3 mm, stn R38, NMCR 40109, preserved colouration; C, Dardanus megistos (Herbst, 1804). Male SL 11.0 mm, stn M8; D, Dardanus pedunculatus (Herbst, 1804). Male SL 13.4 mm, stn N3; E, Dardanus scutellatus. Male SL 9.8 mm, stn D12; F, Dardanus woodmasoni (Alcock, 1905). Male SL 5.8 mm, stn R76.