How deep does the Anemone Hermit Crab live?

The Anemone Hermit Crab (Dardanus pedunculatus) is typically found at 1–95 m.

Anemone Hermit Crab

Dardanus pedunculatus

Group: Crab
Typical depth: 1–95 m

This hermit crab plants live sea anemones onto its borrowed shell, carrying the stinging guards with it as it crawls across sandy intertidal seagrass beds. It will pluck an anemone from another crab's shell to add to its own, and sometimes eats them outright.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Diogenidae › Dardanus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 208702.

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How deep does the Anemone Hermit Crab live?: The Anemone Hermit Crab (Dardanus pedunculatus) is typically found at 1–95 m.