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Land, Shore, and Marsh Crabs
(Superfamily Grapsoidea)
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The Grapsoidea are a superfamily of crabs; they are well known and contain many taxa which are terrestrial (land-living), semiterrestrial (taking to the sea only for reproduction), or limnic (living in fresh water). Another well-known member with a more conventional lifestyle is the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis.
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Land Hermit Crabs
(Family Coenobitidae)
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Coenobitidae are the family of terrestrial hermit crabs, widely known for their land-living habits. They are found in coastal tropical regions around the world and require access to the ocean to breed. There are 17 species in two genera:
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Land Crabs
(Family Gecarcinidae)
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The Gecarcinidae, the land crabs, are a family of true crabs that are adapted for terrestrial existence. Similar to all other crabs, land crabs possess a series of gills. In addition, the part of the carapace covering the gills is inflated and equipped with blood vessels. These organs extract oxygen from the air, analogous to the vertebrate lungs. Adult land crabs are terrestrial, but visit the sea periodically, where they breed and their larvae develop. Land...
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Caribbean Land Hermit Crab
(Coenobita clypeatus)
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The Caribbean hermit crab, Coenobita clypeatus, also known as the soldier crab, the West Atlantic crab, the tree crab, and the purple pincher (due to the distinctive purple claw), is a species of land hermit crab native to the west Atlantic, Bahamas, Belize, southern Florida, Venezuela, the Virgin Islands, and the West Indies. Adults burrow and hide under the roots of large trees, and can be found a considerable distance inland.
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Blue Land Crab
(Cardisoma guanhumi)
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Cardisoma guanhumi, also known as the blue land crab, is a species of land crab found in tropical and subtopical estuaries and other maritime areas of land along the Atlantic coast of the Americas from Brazil and Colombia, through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, to the Bahamas, and north to Vero Beach, Florida. The species varies in colour from dark blue to brown or pale grey, and may grow to 11 centimetres (4.3 in) in width...
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Blackback Land Crab
(Gecarcinus lateralis)
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Gecarcinus lateralis, also known by the common names blackback land crab, Bermuda land crab, red land crab (leading to easy confusion with Gecarcoidea natalis) and moon crab (leading to easy confusion with G. quadratus and Cardisoma spp.), is a colourful crab from the family Gecarcinidae.
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Red Land Crab
(Gecarcinus quadratus)
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Gecarcinus quadratus, known as the red land crab, whitespot crab, halloween crab, moon crab, halloween moon crab, mouthless crab or harlequin land crab, is a colourful land crab from the family Gecarcinidae.
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Brown Land Crab
(Cardisoma carnifex)
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Cardisoma carnifex is a species of terrestrial crab found in coastal regions from the east coast of Africa and the Red Sea across the Indo-Pacific to the Line Islands and the Tuamotu Archipelago. The range includes parts of northern Australia and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
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Indo Hermit Crab
(Coenobita brevimanus)
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Coenobita brevimanus is a species of land hermit crab native to Indonesia called indos crab, the east coast of Africa and the south west Pacific Ocean. Adults of this species can be larger than any other species from the genus Coenobita, weighing up to 0.5 pounds (230 g).
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Viola Land Hermit Crab
(Coenobita violascens)
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Coenobita violascens is a species of land hermit crab native to the Indonesia, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Cambodia, Philippines, and Tanzania.
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Strawberry Hermit Crab
(Coenobita perlatus)
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Coenobita perlatus, is a species of terrestrial hermit crab. It is known as the strawberry hermit crab because of its reddish orange colours. It is a widespread scavenger across the Indo-Pacific, Indonesia, and is also traded to hobby aquarists.
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Black Land Crab
(Gecarcinus ruricola)
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Gecarcinus ruricola is a species of terrestrial crab. It is the most terrestrial of the Caribbean land crabs, and is found from western Cuba across the Antilles as far east as Barbados. Common names for G. ruricola include the purple land crab, black land crab, red land crab, and zombie crab.
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Cavipes Hermit Crab
(Coenobita cavipes)
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Coenobita cavipes is a species of land hermit crab native to the eastern parts of Africa, the Philippines, China, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Polynesia, and Micronesia.
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East Pacific Land Crab
(Johngarthia planata)
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Johngarthia planata, sometimes known as the Clipperton crab, is a bright orange species of land crab that lives on Clipperton Island in the eastern Pacific; on Malpelo Island, west of Colombia; and on Socorro Island in the Revillagigedo Islands off Mexico, 900 km north of Clipperton. It is omnivorous and feeds on seaweed (algae), vegetation and sometimes carrion.
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Australian Land Hermit Crab
(Coenobita variabilis)
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The Australian land hermit crab (Coenobita variabilis) is a terrestrial hermit crab species, native to Australia. It is a nocturnal, omnivorous crustacean. They are gregarious and thrive in tropical areas near water.
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Red Sea Land Hermit Crab
(Coenobita scaevola)
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Coenobita scaevola is a species of terrestrial hermit crab from the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea.
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Blueberry Hermit Crab
(Coenobita purpureus)
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The genus Coenobita contains the sixteen species of terrestrial hermit crabs.
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Red Land Hermit Crab
(Coenobita rubescens)
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Coenobita rubescens (Greeff, 1884) is a species of terrestrial hermit crabs (Coenobita).
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São Tomé Land Crab
(Johngarthia weileri)
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Johngarthia weileri is a species of land crab in the genus Johngarthia from the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
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Malagasy Freshwater Crab
(Madagapotamon humberti)
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Indian Ocean Red Claw Land Crab
(Tuerkayana magnum)
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