Birgus latro, the coconut crab is the larger cousin to the Coenobita species. They are physically very similar. Birgus latro
Category: Species
Coenobita brevimanus
Common name: Indo or Indonesian crab (also referred to as C. clpyeata (Latrielle) and C. hildendorfi (Terao). [5] Latin Origins:
Coenobita carnescens
Maybe someday we will have information on this species… C. carnescens (Dana 1851). Eastern Polynesia (Alcock 1905) Marshall Islands (Holthuis
Coenobita cavipes
Until mid 2007 cavipes was misidentified as Coenobita violascens. Common name: none Latin Origins: Concave Distribution: eastern parts of Africa
Coenobita compressus
Common name: Ecuadorian or E Latin Origins: compress Distribution: West coast of America from Mexico (Lower California) to Chile. Only
Coenobita clypeatus
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
Coenobita lila
Coenobita lila has just been announced as a separate species from Coenobita purpureus in June 2016. For more information check
Coenobita longitarus
Maybe someday we will have information on this species… C. longitarsis – de Man (year?) Alcock 1905 gives the distributions
Coenobita perlatus
Common name: Strawberry, Straw Latin Origins: perlatus: from the word perfero, perfero: 1. vt. carry through, bring, convey; 2. bear,
Coenobita pseudorugosus
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