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Coenobita

Poole, Karen E.

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

Species

オカヤドカリ属

KINGDOM

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassMalacostraca
  4. OrderDecapoda
  5. FamilyCoenobitidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Observations recorded3,012,139,120

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
713
With media
54
Family
Coenobitidae
Collections
RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, YPM, USNM
Recorded in
Papua New Guinea, Guadeloupe, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Philippines, St Vincent And Grenadines, Bahamas

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Coenobitidae
Image
Caribbean hermit crab.JPG
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taxon name
Coenobita
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Coenobita
topic's main category
Category:Coenobita
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Ecology
  • Distribution
  • Taxonomy
  • References
  • External links

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

The genus Coenobita contains 21 species of terrestrial hermit crabs. Several species in this genus are kept as pets.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coenobita” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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