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Ecuadorian hermit crab
Boca Chica, Chiriquí, Panama
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Suborder:
Pleocyemata
Infraorder:
Anomura
Family:
Coenobitidae
Genus:
Coenobita
Species:
C. compressus
Binomial name
Coenobita compressus
H. Milne-Edwards, 1836
The Ecuadorian hermit crab (Coenobita compressus) also known as the Pacific hermit crab is a species of land hermit crab. It is one of the two land hermit crabs commonly sold in North America as pets, the other being the Caribbean hermit crab (C. clypeatus).[1][2][3]
The Ecuadorianhermitcrab (Coenobita compressus) also known as the Pacific hermitcrab is a species of land hermitcrab. It is one of the two land hermit...
The Caribbean hermitcrab (Coenobita clypeatus), also known as the soldier crab, West Atlantic crab, tree crab, or purple pincher (due to the distinctive...
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