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Clibanarius
Clibanarius is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Diogenidae. Like other hermit crabs, their abdomen is soft-shelled and sheltered in a gastropod shell. Typically marine like all their relatives, the genus includes C. fonticola, the only known hermit crab species that spends all its life in freshwater. The feeding rates of Clibanarius species change with temperature which, given their broad distributions, may have considerable consequences for the stability reef systems as sea temperatures rise in the future.
They are omnivores, but mostly prey on small animals and scavenge carrion.
42 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Saint Piran's Hermit Crab
speciesClibanarius erythropus
Thinstripe Hermit Crab
speciesClibanarius vittatus
Yellow-footed Hermit Crab
speciesClibanarius virescens
Long-legged Hermit Crab
speciesClibanarius longitarsus
Orange-striped Hermit Crab
speciesClibanarius infraspinatus
Blue-legged Hermit Crab
speciesClibanarius tricolor
Striped-leg Hermit Crab
speciesClibanarius taeniatus
Clibanarius aequabilis
speciesClibanarius aequabilis
Antillean Hermit Crab
speciesClibanarius antillensis
Ribbed Hermit Crab
speciesClibanarius striolatus
Clibanarius sclopetarius
speciesClibanarius sclopetarius
Clibanarius symmetricus
speciesClibanarius symmetricus
Blue-eyed Spotted Hermit Crab
speciesClibanarius digueti
Clibanarius albidigitus
speciesClibanarius albidigitus
Coral Hermit Crab
speciesClibanarius corallinus
Clibanarius signatus
speciesClibanarius signatus
Mangrove Hermit Crab
speciesClibanarius lineatus
Humble Hermit Crab
speciesClibanarius humilis
Clibanarius padavensis
speciesClibanarius padavensis
White Dot-eyed Hermit Crab
speciesClibanarius englaucus
Banded Hermit Crab
speciesClibanarius eurysternus
Zebra Hermit Crab
speciesClibanarius zebra
Clibanarius arethusa
speciesClibanarius arethusa
Gold-spotted Hermit Crab
speciesClibanarius cruentatus
Clibanarius antennatus
speciesClibanarius antennatus
Clibanarius snelliusi
speciesClibanarius snelliusi
Clibanarius carnifex
speciesClibanarius carnifex
Clibanarius africanus
speciesClibanarius africanus
Clibanarius clibanarius
speciesClibanarius clibanarius
Clibanarius harisi
speciesClibanarius harisi
Clibanarius demani
speciesClibanarius demani
Clibanarius rhabdodactylus
speciesClibanarius rhabdodactylus
Ambon Hermit Crab
speciesClibanarius ambonensis
Clibanarius merguiensis
speciesClibanarius merguiensis
Clibanarius chapini
speciesClibanarius chapini
Clibanarius ransoni
speciesClibanarius ransoni
Clibanarius senegalensis
speciesClibanarius senegalensis
Clibanarius laevimanus
speciesClibanarius laevimanus
Clibanarius boschmai
speciesClibanarius boschmai
Clibanarius janethaigae
speciesClibanarius janethaigae
Clibanarius fonticola
speciesClibanarius fonticola
Clibanarius foresti
speciesClibanarius foresti
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 52410.