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Common species of land hermit crabs

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Coenobita purpureus

February 22, 2015 coenobita Species One comment

Common name: Dubbed ‘Blueberry’ by Felix Wang Latin Origins: meaning purple or dark red Distribution: Riau Islands and Kalimantan/Borneo coasts,

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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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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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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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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 scaevola - Photo credit Dario Trimarchi

Coenobita scaevola

February 22, 2015 coenobita Species

Common Name: Red sea crab Latin Origins: Scaevola or Scævola= left-handed Distribution: Coenobita scaevola lives around parts of the Indian

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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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