Coenobita
| Coenobita | |
|---|---|
| Caribbean hermit crab, C. clypeatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Coenobitidae |
| Genus: | Coenobita Latreille, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Pagurus clypeatus Fabricius, 1787 | |
- The junior homonym Coenobita Gistl, 1848 is now the moth genus Ectropis.
The genus Coenobita contains 17 species of terrestrial hermit crabs. Several species in this genus are kept as pets.
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