Coenobitidae
Birgus latro (Linnaeus, 1767)
Birgus latro (Linnaeus, 1767)
Birgus latro, the coconut crab, is the world's largest terrestrial arthropod and invertebrate, native to Indian and central Pacific islands.
Coenobita brevimanus Dana, 1852
Coenobita brevimanus Dana, 1852
Coenobita brevimanus is a large fully terrestrial land hermit crab native to tropical regions from East Africa to the southwest Pacific.
Coenobita perlatus H.Milne-Edwards, 1837
Coenobita perlatus H.Milne-Edwards, 1837
Coenobita perlatus, the strawberry hermit crab, is an Indo-Pacific terrestrial scavenger hermit crab that rarely survives long in captivity.
Coenobita rugosus H.Milne-Edwards, 1837
Coenobita rugosus H.Milne-Edwards, 1837
Coenobita rugosus is a widely distributed scavenging land hermit crab with distinctive striations on its large pincer.
Coenobita clypeatus (Fabricius, 1787)
Coenobita clypeatus (Fabricius, 1787)
Coenobita clypeatus, the Caribbean hermit crab, is a terrestrial scavenging decapod with distinct behavior and ecology.
Coenobita compressus H.Milne-Edwards, 1836
Coenobita compressus H.Milne-Edwards, 1836
Coenobita compressus (Ecuadorian hermit crab) is a small land hermit crab with distinct identifiable physical traits and shell preferences.
Coenobita cavipes Stimpson, 1858
Coenobita cavipes Stimpson, 1858
Coenobita cavipes is a terrestrial nocturnal land hermit crab that lives in mangroves and holds saltwater in its shell.
Coenobita purpureus Stimpson, 1858
Coenobita purpureus Stimpson, 1858
Coenobita purpureus, the blueberry hermit crab, is a narrow-range endemic Japanese land hermit crab species.
Coenobita scaevola (Forskål, 1775)
Coenobita scaevola (Forskål, 1775)
Coenobita scaevola is a terrestrial hermit crab found in the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea.
Coenobita violascens Heller, 1862
Coenobita violascens Heller, 1862
Coenobita violascens is a species of land hermit crab native to parts of Asia and Tanzania.
Coenobita variabilis McCulloch, 1909
Coenobita variabilis McCulloch, 1909
Coenobita variabilis, the Australian land hermit crab, is a nocturnal terrestrial crustacean endemic to northern Australia.
Coenobita spinosus H.Milne-Edwards, 1837
Coenobita spinosus H.Milne-Edwards, 1837
Coenobita spinosus is a terrestrial hermit crab found across Oceania and northern Australia that sometimes uses plastic debris for protection.
Coenobita lila Rahayu, H.-T.Shih & Ng, 2016
Coenobita lila Rahayu, H.-T.Shih & Ng, 2016
Coenobita lila is a recently described species of land hermit crab known from Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
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