Category: Species

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Common name: Dubbed ‘Blueberry’ by Felix Wang Latin Origins: Distribution: Riau Islands and Kalimantan/Borneo coasts, Japan (Ryukyu Islands, Bonin Islands,