Coenobitidae crab

by - February 06, 2020






The Coenobitidae are the family of terrestrial hermit crabs, widely known for their terrestrial habits, with 17 species in two genera:

Coenobita Latreille, 1829
Coenobita brevimanus Dana, 1852
Coenobita carnescens Dana, 1851
Coenobita cavipes Stimpson, 1858
Coenobita clypeatus (Fabricius, 1787)
Coenobita compressus H. Milne-Edwards, 1836
Coenobita longitarsis De Man, 1902
Coenobita olivieri Owen, 1839
Coenobita perlatus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
Coenobita pseudorugosus Nakasone, 1988
Coenobita purpureus Stimpson, 1858
Coenobita rubescens Greeff, 1884
Coenobita rugosus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
Coenobita scaevola (Forskål, 1775)
Coenobita spinosus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
Coenobita variabilis McCulloch, 1909
Coenobita violascens Heller, 1862
Birgus Leach, 1816
Birgus latro (Linnaeus, 1767) – coconut crab
^ Patsy A. McLaughlin; Tomoyuki Komai; Rafael Lemaitre; Dwi Listyo Rahayu (2010). Martyn E. Y. Low; S. H. Tan, eds. "Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea" (PDF). Zootaxa. Suppl. 23: 5–107. |chapter= ignored (help)


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