Category: Species

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

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

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

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

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

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

Common name: Spinosus or Forest Hermit Crab Latin Origins: spina meaning thorn Distribution: Various Polynesian islands, Melanesia, Micronesia, Marianne Islands

Common name: rug, ruga, ruggie Latin Origins: from ruga “wrinkle” Distribution: From the mainland coast of East Africa [7] through