Coenobita (lat.) Is a genus of decapod crayfish from the superfamily of hermit crabs (Paguroidea). Adult individuals lead a land life. Like other hermit crabs, they carry shells of gastropod mollusks containing water, allowing them to live on land [1] . Most Coenobita species inhabit the Indo-Pacific region, only one species in West Africa, another found along the west coast of the Atlantic Ocean, and one species on the Pacific coast of South America [2] .
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 Coenobita violascens | ||||||||||||||||
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| Coenobita Latreille , 1829 |
Systematics
- Coenobita brevimanus Dana, 1852
- Coenobita carnescens Dana, 1851
- Coenobita cavipes Stimpson, 1858
- Coenobita clypeatus (Fabricius, 1787)
- Coenobita compressus H. Milne-Edwards, 1836
- Coenobita longitarsis De Man, 1902
- Coenobita olivieri Owen, 1839
- Coenobita perlatus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
- Coenobita pseudorugosus Nakasone, 1988
- Coenobita purpureus Stimpson, 1858
- Coenobita rubescens Greeff, 1884
- Coenobita rugosus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
- Coenobita scaevola (Forskål, 1775)
- Coenobita spinosus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
- Coenobita variabilis McCulloch, 1909
- Coenobita violascens Heller, 1862
Photo Gallery
Coenobita brevimanus
Coenobita cavipes
Coenobita clypeatus
Coenobita perlatus
Coenobita rugosus
Notes
- ↑ DR Khanna. Biology of Arthropoda. - Discovery Publishing House , 2004. - ISBN 978-81-7141-897-8 .
- ↑ Richard G. Hartnoll. Evolution, systematics, and geographical distribution // Biology of the Land Crabs / Warren W. Burggren & Brian Robert McMahon. - Cambridge University Press , 1988. - P. 6–54. - ISBN 978-0-521-30690-4 .