| Dardanus venosus | |
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| Attacks of Dardanus venosus on Aurantilaria aurantiaca | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Diogenidae |
| Genus: | Dardanus |
| Species: | D. venosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Dardanus venosus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848) [1]
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Dardanus venosus, the starry-eyed crab or stareye crab, is a species of hermit crab in the family Diogenidae. It occurs in shallow water on the eastern coasts of America from Florida southward to Brazil. It is sometimes kept in reef aquaria.
- ^ McLaughlin, Patsy (2010). Lemaitre R, McLaughlin P (eds.). "Dardanus venosus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848)". World Paguroidea & Lomisoidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-04-02.