Coenobita

The junior homonym Coenobita Gistl, 1848 is now the moth genus Ectropis.

Coenobita
Caribbean hermit crab, C. clypeatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Coenobitidae
Genus: Coenobita
Latreille, 1829
Type species
Pagurus clypeatus
Fabricius, 1787 [1]

The genus Coenobita contains 17 species of terrestrial hermit crabs.[1] Several species in this genus are kept as pets.

  1. ^ a b Patsy McLaughlin (2009). Lemaitre R, McLaughlin P (eds.). "Coenobita Latreille, 1829". World Paguroidea & Lomisoidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 4, 2012.

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