Land Hermit Crab Coenobita clypeatus

Photo: Hans Smulders

Classification

Coenobitidae [family]

Coenobita [genus] (1)

clypeatus [species]

Classification

Coenobitidae [family]

Coenobita [genus] (1)

clypeatus [species]

Names

English name	Land Hermit Crab
Alternative English name	Caribbean Hermit Crab
Valid name	Coenobita clypeatus (Fabricius, 1787)

Classification

Animalia [kingdom] Animals
- Arthropoda [phylum] Arthropods
  - Crustacea [subphylum]
    - Malacostraca [class]
      - Decapoda [order] Shrimps, Lobsters and Crabs
        
        Pleocyemata [suborder]
        
        Anomura [infraorder] Hermit Crabs and Porcelain Crabs
        
        Paguroidea [superfamily] Hermit Crabs
        
        Coenobitidae [family]
        
        Coenobita Latreille, 1829 [genus]
        
        Coenobita clypeatus (Fabricius, 1787) [species] Land Hermit Crab