Pagurus calidus Risso, 1827 Dardanus calidus is a species of hermit crab from the East Atlantic (Portugal to Senegal) and Mediterranean Sea.

It uses large gastropod shells, such as those of Tonna galea and Charonia species, which it often decorates with one or more sea anemones of the species Calliactis parasitica.

[1] Dardanus calidus is a scavenger, feeding on decaying matter from the sea bed.

[1] It has been collected from depths greater than 100 metres (330 ft), but is more typically found in shallower water.

[3] The larval form Glaucothoë rostrata, described by Edward J. Miers in 1881, has also been assigned to D.