Dardanus calidus

Description:

This heremit crab specie can grow to a length of 12 centimetres. It uses gastropod shells to cover its abdomen and decorates it with one or more sea anemones of the species Calliactis parasitica. Relationship with the anemone is symbiotic.

Habitat:

Species is feeding on the sea bed. It can be found to the depth of 100 meters in Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.

Notes:

This one was at the depth of around 15 meters at the edge of mediterraean reef.