Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Dardanus sinistripes
ermitaño zurdo, Left clawed hermit crab
Caparace width to 2.8 cm.
subtidal on sandy botton.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Paguroidea
Family
Diogenidae
Genus
Dardanus
Species
sinistripes
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Dardanus imbricatus Rathbun, 1910 (preoccupied name and junior synonym), fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Gulf to California to Peru and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Zimmerman, T.L. (2000) A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 156 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Dardanus sinistripes", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8437. Accessed 1 November 2026.