---
title: "White-spotted Hermit Crab"
description: "Dardanus megistos — Other animals. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/white-spotted-hermit-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-spotted Hermit Crab

> Dardanus megistos — Other animals. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Dardanus megistos*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1760
- Wikidata: [Q29183](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29183)
- iNaturalist taxon: [143945](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143945)

## Names

- en: White-spotted Hermit Crab
- fr: Bernard l'ermite à points blancs

## Countries with the most observations

AU (330), ID (260), PH (163), NC (115), TH (70), TW (67), MV (60), PF (57), TZ (51), MY (45), JP (34), KE (31)

## Photo

![White-spotted Hermit Crab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-spotted-hermit-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: clarko13 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/400454609

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-spotted-hermit-crab?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).