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Coenobita purpureus, known generally as the Okinawan blueberry hermit crab or blueberry hermit crab, is a species of land hermit crab in the family Coenobitidae. [1] They are typically a blue/purple color with white eyestalks, a red antennae, and a brown antennae.
Coenobita is closely related to the coconut crab, Birgus latro, with the two genera making up the family Coenobitidae.The name Coenobita was coined by Pierre André Latreille in 1829, from an Ecclesiastical Latin word, ultimately from the Greek κοινόβιον, meaning "commune"; the genus is masculine in gender.
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
A Caribbean hermit crab in the Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida. The Caribbean hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus), also known as the soldier crab, [2] West Atlantic crab, tree crab, or purple pincher (due to the distinctive purple claw), is a species of land hermit crab native to the west Atlantic, Belize, southern Florida, [3] Venezuela, and the West Indies.
C. Calcinus elegans; Calcinus laevimanus; Calcinus laurentae; Calcinus morgani; Calcinus tubularis; Calcinus verrillii; Caribbean hermit crab; Cheiroplatea ...
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