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Caribbean Hermit Crab (Coenobita clypeatus)
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Coenobita clypeatus

(Fabricius, 1787)

Caribbean Hermit Crab

Also known as: Land Hermit, Purple Pincher, Soldier Crab, Caribbean Land Hermit Crab, Caribbean Soldier Crab, West Atlantic Hermit Crab, Land Hermit Crab

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Taxonomy

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Coenobitidae

Other species in Coenobitidae

Red Sea Land Hermit Crab (Coenobita scaevola)

Coenobita scaevola

Red Sea Land Hermit Crab

Purple Land Hermit Crab (Coenobita perlatus)

Coenobita perlatus

Purple Land Hermit Crab

Ruggie Hermit Crab (Coenobita rugosus)

Coenobita rugosus

Ruggie Hermit Crab

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