Coenobita | |
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Caribbean hermit crab, C. clypeatus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Coenobitidae |
Genus: | Coenobita Latreille, 1829 |
Type species | |
Pagurus clypeatus |
The genus Coenobita contains 17 species of terrestrial hermit crabs.[1] Several species in this genus are kept as pets.