Coenobita

As invalidly proposed by Gistl in 1848, Coenobita refers to the moth genus Ectropis.

Coenobita
Caribbean hermit crab
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Anomura
Superfamily:	Paguroidea
Family:	Coenobitidae
Genus:	Coenobita Latreille, 1829
Type species
Pagurus clypeatus Fabricius, 1787 [1]

The genus Coenobita contains the sixteen species of terrestrial hermit crabs.^[1] The majority of the species are found in the Indo-Pacific region, with only one species in West Africa, one species occurring along the western Atlantic Ocean, and one species occurring on the Pacific coast of the Americas.^[2] Coenobita is closely related to the coconut crab, Birgus latro, with the two genera making up the whole of the family Coenobitidae. Coenobita species carry water in the gastropod shells they inhabit, allowing them to stay out of water for a long time.^[3]

Species	Authority	Year	Distribution [2]
Coenobita brevimanus	Dana	1852	Indo-Pacific
Coenobita carnescens	Dana	1851	Pacific Ocean
Coenobita cavipes	Stimpson	1858	Indo-Pacific
Coenobita clypeatus	Fabricius !(Fabricius)	1787	Western Atlantic
Coenobita compressus	Milne Edwards !H. Milne Edwards	1836	Eastern Pacific
Coenobita longitarsis	De Man	1902	East Indies
Coenobita olivieri	Owen	1839	Red Sea?
Coenobita perlatus	Milne Edwards !H. Milne Edwards	1837	Indo-Pacific
Coenobita pseudorugosus	Nakasone	1988	Indo-Pacific
Coenobita purpureus	Stimpson	1858	Japan
Coenobita rubescens	Greeff	1884	West Africa
Coenobita rugosus	Milne Edwards !H. Milne Edwards	1837	Indo-Pacific
Coenobita scaevola	Forskal !(Forskal)	1775	Indian Ocean
Coenobita spinosus	Milne Edwards !H. Milne Edwards	1837	Polynesia & Australia
Coenobita variabilis	McCulloch	1909	Australia
Coenobita violascens	Heller	1862	Pacific Ocean

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Patsy McLaughlin (2009). "Coenobita Latreille, 1829". In P. McLaughlin. World Paguroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205507. Retrieved April 18, 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Warren W. Burggren & Brian Robert McMahon (1988). "Evolution, systematics and distribution". Biology of the land crabs. Cambridge University Press. pp. 7–46. ISBN 9780521306904. 
3. ^ D. R. Khanna (2004). Biology of Arthropoda. Discovery Publishing House. ISBN 9788171418978.