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Coenobitidae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Coenobitidae are the family of terrestrial hermit crabs, widely known for their terrestrial habits, with 17 species in two genera: \n* Coenobita Latreille, 1829 \n* Coenobita brevimanus Dana, 1852 \n* Coenobita carnescens Dana, 1851 \n* Coenobita cavipes Stimpson, 1858 \n* Coenobita clypeatus (Fabricius, 1787) \n* Coenobita compressus H. Milne-Edwards, 1836 \n* Coenobita longitarsis De Man, 1902 \n* Coenobita olivieri Owen, 1839 \n* Coenobita perlatus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 \n* Coenobita pseudorugosus Nakasone, 1988 \n* Coenobita purpureus Stimpson, 1858 \n* Coenobita rubescens Greeff, 1884 \n* Coenobita rugosus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 \n* Coenobita scaevola (Forskål, 1775) \n* Coenobita spinosus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 \n* Coenobita variabilis McCulloch, 1909 \n* Coenobita violascens Heller, 1862 \n* Bir
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Genus

Birgus (1)
Coenobita (Land hermit crab) (18)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0