Blue-eyed Hermit Crab

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 35 records
February: 18 records
March: 33 records
April: 33 records
May: 40 records
June: 24 records
July: 61 records
August: 33 records
September: 30 records
October: 29 records
November: 24 records
December: 24 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–1 m · Deepest record: 1 m

0–10 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 24–29 °C

24–26 °C: 6 records
26–28 °C: 3 records
28–30 °C: 8 records

Photos

(c) Shelomi Doyle, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Logan Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Matt Muir, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Blue-eyed Hermit Crab

Names in 2 more languages

French: Pagure aux yeux bleus
Japanese: ヒラテヤドカリ

Other scientific names: Dardanus fabimanus, Pagurus fabimanus, Pagurus scabrimanus, Pagurus scutellatus

Similar species

Striated hermit crab
Dardanus arrosor
Mauve Eyed Hermit Crab
Dardanus crassimanus
Pale anemone hermit
Dardanus deformis
Black-eyed hermit crab
Dardanus lagopodes
Spotted hermit crab
Dardanus megistos
Anemone hermit crab
Dardanus pedunculatus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
159 open-data records from 1848 to 2009.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.