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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
Coenobita scaevola

Coenobita scaevola

Red Sea Land Hermit Crab

Coenobita perlatus

Coenobita perlatus

Purple Land Hermit Crab

Coenobita rugosus

Coenobita rugosus

Ruggie Hermit Crab

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