# Cangrejo ermitaño (Dardanus megistos), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-23, DD 198

- By: Diego Delso
- Date: 2023-08-23
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cangrejo_ermita%C3%B1o_(Dardanus_megistos),_Anilao,_Filipinas,_2023-08-23,_DD_198.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
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White-spotted hermit crab (Dardanus megistos), Anilao, Philippines. This species is present in the Indo-Pacific region from East Africa to the South China Sea, Australia and east to Hawaii and can reach a body length of about 20 cm (7.9 in). These crustaceans, that may live up to 30 years, usually inhabit a large shell of a gastropod, consequently only the cephalothorax and the first three pairs of legs (out of five pairs) are visible.