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Caribbean hermit crab
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Suborder:
Pleocyemata
Infraorder:
Anomura
Family:
Coenobitidae
Genus:
Coenobita
Species:
C. clypeatus
Binomial name
Coenobita clypeatus
(Fabricius, 1787)[1]
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.[4]
^Patsy A. McLaughlin; Tomoyuki Komai; Rafael Lemaitre; Dwi Listyo Rahayu (2010). Martyn E. Y. Low and S. H. Tan (ed.). "Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea)" (PDF). Zootaxa. Part I – Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. Suppl. 23: 5–107. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.
^Cite error: The named reference Nieves was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Common Coastal Flora and Fauna of Vieques" (PDF). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 15, 2009. Retrieved July 14, 2009.
^Audrey Pavia (2006). "What is a hermit crab?". Hermit Crab. Volume 51 of Your Happy Healthy Pet (2nd ed.). John Wiley and Sons. pp. 13–22. ISBN 978-0-471-79379-3.
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