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Common species of land hermit crabs

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Birgus latro

Birgus Latro

April 22, 2020 coenobita Species

Birgus latro, the coconut crab is the larger cousin to the Coenobita species. They are physically very similar. Birgus latro

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Coenobita brevimanus by Stacy Griffith

Coenobita brevimanus

February 22, 2015 coenobita Species One comment

Common name: Indo or Indonesian crab (also referred to as C. clpyeata (Latrielle) and C. hildendorfi (Terao). [5] Latin Origins:

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Coenobita carnescens

October 15, 2015 coenobita Species

Maybe someday we will have information on this species… C. carnescens (Dana 1851). Eastern Polynesia (Alcock 1905) Marshall Islands (Holthuis

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Coenobita cavipes

Coenobita cavipes

February 22, 2015 coenobita Species

Until mid 2007 cavipes was misidentified as Coenobita violascens. Common name: none Latin Origins: Concave Distribution: eastern parts of Africa

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C. compressus

Coenobita compressus

February 22, 2015 coenobita Species One comment

Common name: Ecuadorian or E Latin Origins: compress Distribution: West coast of America from Mexico (Lower California) to Chile. Only

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Coenobita clypeatus

February 22, 2015 coenobita Species One comment

Pronounced: ‘seen-oh-bit-a cly-pe-ait-us’ Common name: Caribbean, Purple Pincher or PP Latin Origins: clypeatus = shield shaped or shield bearing monk

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C. lila Borneo

Coenobita lila

July 4, 2016 coenobita Species

Coenobita lila has just been announced as a separate species from Coenobita purpureus in June 2016.  For more information check

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Coenobita longitarus

October 15, 2015 coenobita Species

Maybe someday we will have information on this species… C. longitarsis – de Man (year?) Alcock 1905 gives the distributions

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Coenobita perlatus

February 22, 2015 coenobita Species

Common name: Strawberry, Straw Latin Origins: perlatus: from the word perfero, perfero: 1. vt. carry through, bring, convey; 2. bear,

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psuedorugosus-felixwang

Coenobita pseudorugosus

September 24, 2015 coenobita Species

Common name: Pseudorugosus Latin Origins: the Latin adjective rugosus (“wrinkled”), which itself derives from “ruga” (“wrinkle”) Greek Origins: combining form of pseudḗs false, pseûdos falsehood Distribution: Indo West Pacific

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  • Coenobita brevimanus
  • Coenobita carnescens
  • Coenobita cavipes
  • Coenobita compressus
  • Coenobita clypeatus
  • Coenobita lila
  • Coenobita longitarus
  • Coenobita perlatus
  • Coenobita pseudorugosus
  • Coenobita purpureus
  • Coenobita rubescens
  • Coenobita rugosus
  • Coenobita scaevola
  • Coenobita spinosus
  • Coenobita variabilis
  • Coenobita violascens
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