Coenobitidae is a animal family in the Animalia kingdom, order Decapoda, class Malacostraca. The family contains 14 accepted species worldwide.
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Coenobita cavipes Stimpson, 1858
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Birgus latro (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Coenobita perlatus H.Milne-Edwards, 1837
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Coenobita variabilis McCulloch, 1909
Coenobita variabilis, the Australian land hermit crab, is a nocturnal terrestria…
Coenobita violascens Heller, 1862
Coenobita violascens is a species of land hermit crab native to parts of Asia an…
Coenobita rugosus H.Milne-Edwards, 1837
Coenobita rugosus is a widely distributed scavenging land hermit crab with disti…
Coenobita scaevola (Forskål, 1775)
Coenobita scaevola is a terrestrial hermit crab found in the western Indian Ocea…
Coenobita lila Rahayu, H.-T.Shih & Ng, 2016
Coenobita lila is a recently described species of land hermit crab known from Si…
Coenobita clypeatus (Fabricius, 1787)
Coenobita clypeatus, the Caribbean hermit crab, is a terrestrial scavenging deca…
Coenobita brevimanus Dana, 1852
Coenobita brevimanus is a large fully terrestrial land hermit crab native to tro…
Coenobita spinosus H.Milne-Edwards, 1837
Coenobita spinosus is a terrestrial hermit crab found across Oceania and norther…
Coenobita compressus H.Milne-Edwards, 1836
Coenobita compressus (Ecuadorian hermit crab) is a small land hermit crab with d…
Coenobitidae animals belong to the Decapoda order in the Animalia kingdom. Their orange antenna is a common distinguishing feature of the species. For instant identification, use the iNature app — AI-powered and works offline.
Coenobitidae is classified in the order Decapoda, class Malacostraca, phylum Arthropoda. perlatus, which have a distinctive bright red colouration.
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