Coenobita scaevola
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Coenobita scaevola   (Forskål, 1775)


Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Coenobitidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 25 m (Ref. 115299).  Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 0 - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in the supralittoral zone of sandy beaches (Ref. 107485). Semi-terrestrial (Ref. 108393). Found between tide marks up to 25 m (Ref. 115299). In burrows and among coastal vegetation during daytime and emerges at night to scavenge close to high waters (Ref. 108393). Digs as deep as 15 cm into the sand or crawls into reef cavities. Fills up shells with seawater and feeds on Sargassum weeds (Ref. 115299).

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Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Naderloo, R. and M. Türkay 2012 Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: faunistics, biodiversity and zoogeography. Zootaxa 3374:1-67. (Ref. 106819)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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