Species under Coenobita
n= 9
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Coenobita brevimanus
Dana, 1852
Land hermit crabs Indo-Pacific
Coenobita cavipes
Stimpson, 1858
Land hermit crab Indo-Pacific
Coenobita clypeatus
(Fabricius, 1787)
Land hermit Western Central Pacific and Atlantic
Coenobita olivieri
Owen, 1839
Eastern central Pacific
Coenobita perlatus
Milne-Edwards, 1837
Strawberry hermit crab Indo-West Pacific
Coenobita rugosus
Milne-Edwards, 1837
Indo-West Pacific
Coenobita scaevola
(Forskål, 1775)
Western Indian Ocean
Coenobita variabilis
McCulloch, 1909
Indo-Pacific
Coenobita violascens
Heller, 1862
Indo-West Pacific
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