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Coenobita
The junior homonym Coenobita Gistl, 1848 is now the moth genus Ectropis.
The genus Coenobita contains 21 species of terrestrial hermit crabs. Several species in this genus are kept as pets.
21 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Caribbean Land Hermit Crab
speciesCoenobita clypeatus
Ecuadorian Hermit Crab
speciesCoenobita compressus
Tawny Hermit Crab
speciesCoenobita rugosus
Purple Hermit Crab
speciesCoenobita brevimanus
Viola Land Hermit Crab
speciesCoenobita violascens
Strawberry Hermit Crab
speciesCoenobita perlatus
Cavipes Hermit Crab
speciesCoenobita cavipes
Australian Land Hermit Crab
speciesCoenobita variabilis
Blueberry Hermit Crab
speciesCoenobita purpureus
Red Sea Land Hermit Crab
speciesCoenobita scaevola
Forest Hermit Crab
speciesCoenobita spinosus
Lila Hermit Crab
speciesCoenobita lila
Coenobita carnescens
speciesCoenobita carnescens
Red Land Hermit Crab
speciesCoenobita rubescens
Coenobita longitarsis
speciesCoenobita longitarsis
False Tawny Hermit Crab
speciesCoenobita pseudorugosus
Coenobita celebensis
speciesCoenobita celebensis
Coenobita patsyae
speciesCoenobita patsyae
Coenobita moluccensis
speciesCoenobita moluccensis
Coenobita granularis
speciesCoenobita granularis
Olivier's Hermit Crab
speciesCoenobita olivieri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 123360.