Coenobita cavipes
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Coenobita cavipes (Passionfruit Hermit) is a species of land hermit crab native to the eastern parts of Africa, the Indonesia, Philippines, China, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Polynesia, and Micronesia.[2][3][4][5][6][7] While these hermit crabs are terrestrial, they prefer to reside near the shores for access of both water and land.[5]
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Coenobita cavipes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Coenobitidae |
Genus: | Coenobita |
Species: | C. cavipes |
Binomial name | |
Coenobita cavipes Stimpson, 1858 | |
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C. cavipes usually uses empty turbo shells, and occasionally part of a hard passion fruit.[8]