Coenobita purpureus
| Coenobita purpureus | |
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| Coenobita purpureus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Coenobitidae |
| Genus: | Coenobita |
| Species: | C. purpureus
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| Binomial name | |
| Coenobita purpureus Stimpson, 1858
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Coenobita purpureus, known generally as the Okinawan blueberry hermit crab or blueberry hermit crab, is a species of land hermit crab in the family Coenobitidae.[1]
Distribution and habitat
They typically inhabit and are endemic only along the mainland, oceanic, and continental island coasts of Japan. They are considered to have a very narrow distribution within this northwestern pacific region.
References
- ^ "Coenobita purpureus". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
Katsuyuki, Hamasaki (2017-02-02). "Phylogeny and phylogeography of the land hermit crab Coenobita purpureus (Decapoda: Anomura: Coenobitidae) in the Northwestern Pacific Region". Marine ecology (Berlin, West). 38: p.n/a – via Wiley Online Library.
Further reading
- Nizinski, Martha S. (2003). "Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116 (1): 96–157. ISSN 0006-324X.
External links
Media related to Coenobita purpureus at Wikimedia Commons
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