Terrestrial crustaceans

Woodlice are terrestrial isopods in the suborder Oniscidea. Their name is derived from being often found in old wood, and from louse, a parasitic insect, although woodlice are neither parasitic nor insects. Other common names include slater, sow bug, and wood pig, common names varying widely by region.

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thumb|Megalorchestia corniculata

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

The Coenobitidae are the family of terrestrial hermit crabs, widely known for their land-living habits as adults. They are found in coastal tropical regions around the world and require access to the ocean to breed.

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Gecarcinus is the type genus of the land crab family Gecarcinidae. They are found in warmer coastal regions of the Americas, including islands in the Caribbean. Four species from oceanic islands were formerly included in Gecarcinus as the subgenus Johngarthia, but are now treated as a separate genus, Johngarthia. While all members of this genus are largely terrestrial, they have to return to the ocean to breed (the larvae are released into the sea). They are often colourful, with reddish, orange, purple, yellowish, whitish, or blackish being the dominating hues. This has resulted in some speci

Geosesarma is genus of small freshwater or terrestrial crabs, typically less than across the carapace. They live and reproduce on land with the larval stages inside the egg. They are found in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands and Hawaii.

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Sesarma is a genus of terrestrial crabs endemic to the Americas.

Gecarcoidea is a genus of terrestrial crabs within the family Gecarcinidae.

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species of land hermit crab

species of terrestrial crab

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species of land hermit crab

Cardisoma is a genus of large land crabs. Three species formerly placed in this genus are now placed in Discoplax. The four species that remain in Cardisoma are found in warm coastal regions where they live in burrows. Young individuals are often very colourful with a purple-blue carapace and orange-red legs (leading to a level of popularity in the pet trade), but as they grow older the colours tend to fade, and females may be duller than males. Although less extreme than in fiddler crabs, one claw is usually considerably larger than the other. They are omnivores, but primarily feed on plant m

species of land hermit crab

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species of Malacostraca

Discoplax is a genus of terrestrial crabs. It is very closely related to the genera Cardisoma and Tuerkayana.

Johngarthia is a genus of crabs in the land crab family Gecarcinidae, formerly included in the genus Gecarcinus, and containing six species. The genus bears the name of John S. Garth, a 20th century naturalist who specialized in crabs and other arthropods.

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species of crustacean

species of land hermit crab

Paragiopagurus is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Parapaguridae, that contains 25 species. Members of this genus live at depths from 116 to 2,067 meters.

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Epigrapsus is genus of terrestrial crabs. The two species are omnivores. Epigrapsus notatus (Heller, 1865) Epigrapsus politus Heller, 1862

Sesarmops is a genus of crabs in the family Sesarmidae. Its members are distributed through the Indo-West-Pacific oceanic region. They live in freshwater forest streams near the coast, and in mangroves.

species of land hermit crab

crabs living on land (including on trees)

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species of crustacean

Tuerkayana is a genus of large land crabs. It was created from two members of the genus Cardisoma and two members of Discoplax in late 2018 after a re-examination of the taxonomy of the family Gecarcinidae. Said re-examination also resulted in the creation of the new family Leptograpsodidae for the genus Leptograpsodes.

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