Global InformationCoenobita purpureus information
| Coenobita purpureus | |
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| Coenobita purpureus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Coenobitidae |
| Genus: | Coenobita |
| Species: | C. purpureus
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| Binomial name | |
| Coenobita purpureus Stimpson, 1858
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Coenobita purpureus, known generally as the Okinawan blueberry hermit crab or blueberry hermit crab, is a species of land hermit crab in the family Coenobitidae.[1] They are typically a blue/purple color with white eyestalks, a red antennae, and a brown antennae. They also have gastropod shells.
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