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A comprehensive record of all land hermit crab species

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Four New Species of Coenobita Land Hermit Crabs Named

May 15, 2025 coenobita News

I am so excited to share this news! My friend Felix has been waiting for several years for his finds

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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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New species of land hermit crab discovered: Coenobita lila

July 4, 2016 coenobita News

We are excited to announce the addition of a new Coenobita species! Previously Coenobita from Borneo have been labelled as

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C. lila Borneo

Coenobita lila – Lilac Hermit Crab

July 4, 2016 coenobita Species

Coenobita lila was announced as a separate species from Coenobita purpureus in June 2016.  For more information check out Tony Coenobita’s

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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 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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C rubescens Sao Tome - Photo Credit Guy Colborne https://www.flickr.com/photos/29127652@N06/

Coenobita rubescens

September 29, 2015 coenobita Species

Species status: accepted; Greeff 1884 The validity of the species as an independent species is still in question as no

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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 violascens

February 22, 2015 coenobita Species

Photo credit: Brian Hampson & Irene Chu Common name: Viola Latin Origins: becoming violet Distribution: Nicobar Islands; Phuket, Thailand; Cebu

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Coenobita variabilis – Aussie Hermit Crab

February 22, 2015 coenobita Species

Common name: Aussie Crab, Crazy Crab, Calico Crab Latin Origins: Variabilis: varied, different Distribution: Northern Australia, from Exmouth Gulf to

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Species

  • Coenobita brevimanus
  • Coenobita carnescens
  • Coenobita cavipes
  • Coenobita compressus
  • Coenobita clypeatus
  • Coenobita lila – Lilac Hermit Crab
  • Coenobita longitarus
  • Coenobita perlatus
  • Coenobita pseudorugosus
  • Coenobita purpureus
  • Coenobita rubescens
  • Coenobita rugosus
  • Coenobita scaevola
  • Coenobita spinosus
  • Coenobita variabilis – Aussie Hermit Crab
  • Coenobita violascens
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