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Dardanus deformis
Pale Anemone Hermit Crab
As recorded: Pagurus deformis H.Milne-Edwards, 1836
Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Diogenidae
- Collected by
- Spicer
- Locality
- Midway Atoll
- Island
- Midway Atoll
- Region
- United States
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Dardanus deformis observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 453 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-25.

2026-10-25
Province Sud, Nouvelle-Calédonie
(c) Carole BERNARD, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-25
Province Sud, Nouvelle-Calédonie
(c) Carole BERNARD, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-24
Lombok Barat, ID-NB, ID
(c) cr1970, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-09
Java Sea, Central Java, ID
(c) Luke Foster, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-26
South Pacific Ocean, Palmyra Atoll, UM
(c) pmino, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-20
Gladstone, QLD, Australia
(c) Elliot Connor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Dardanus deformis. BPBM 4813. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37874023. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/s/4813.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 37874023 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
