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Caribbean hermit crab

species of crustacean
Taxon Q1183820

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
C. clypeatus[5]
Parent taxon
Coenobita[3]
Taxon common name
Caribbean hermit crab, Cangrejo ermitaño caribeño, Paguro caraibico, 시노비타 클리피에이터스, Caraïbische heremietkreeft, 克利匹特斯, poustevníček karibský[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Taxon name
Coenobita clypeatus[4]
Taxon rank
species[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en West Atlantic crab en Caribbean hermit crab en Coenobita clypeatus en purple pincher en soldier crab en tree crab cs Coenobita clypeatus cs poustevníček karibský de Karibik-Einsiedlerkrebs de Karibik-Landeinsiedlerkrebs de Karibischer Einsiedlerkrebs de Karibischer Landeinsiedlerkrebs es Cangrejo ermitaño caribeño fr Bernard-l'ermite terrestre des Caraïbes fr Cénobite des Caraïbes fr Pinceur violet it Paguro caraibico ko 시노비타 클리피에이터스 nl Caraibische heremietkrab nl Caraïbische heremietkrab
🔖 Identifiers · 28
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Caribbean hermit crab.JPG ↗
ADW taxon ID
Coenobita_clypeatus
BISMaL taxon ID
9034694
BOLD Systems taxon ID
276723
BugGuide taxon ID
937022
CONABIO ID
114901CRUSTB501212
CalPhotos taxon ID
Coenobita+clypeatus
DORIS ID
3321
Dutch Caribbean Species Register ID
181402
Encyclopedia of Life ID
46505180
Freebase ID
/m/03577h
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
5178542
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INaturalist taxon ID
133675
IRMNG ID
10243342
ITIS TSN
97918
India Biodiversity Portal species ID
256744
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778345295
NCBI taxonomy ID
474045
NatureServe Explorer ID
2.902523
Observation.org taxon ID
153048
Open Tree of Life ID
2974729
SeaLifeBase ID
26502
TAXREF ID
649283
Topic's main category
Category:Coenobita clypeatus
UMLS CUI
C3715789
Vikidia article ID
fr:Bernard-l'ermite_terrestre_des_Caraïbes
WoRMS-ID for taxa
368191
Yale LUX ID
concept/6648f29f-7365-456d-9df0-0c7d94b2caa2

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🔗 Connections
← Species kept 3
National Zoological Park, Monterey Bay Aquarium, New England Aquarium
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Coenobita
Taxon rank 1
species
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Summary

Caribbean hermit crab is a taxon[1].

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Class ancestry

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  1. 10w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Parent taxon → Coenobita
    Topic's main category → Category:Coenobita clypeatus
    Instance of → taxon
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