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Purple Hermit Crab

Coenobita brevimanus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Taiwan.January 2, February 4, March 4, April 19, May 19, June 28, July 23, August 40, September 24, October 9, November 12, December 3.
Taiwan187
Taitung County100
Guam75
Indonesia67
Philippines55
China54
Taiwan Province53
Thailand46
Phangnga Province45
Pingtung County43

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilyLand Hermit Crabs · Coenobitidae
GenusCoenobita

Sources

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