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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Eucarida (Crabs, Crayfish, Shrimp, etc.) (Eucarida) » Crabs, Crayfishes, Lobsters, Prawns, and Shrimp (Decapoda) » Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs (Anomura) » Hermit Crabs (Paguroidea) » Coenobitidae » Coenobita » Caribbean hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus)
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Terrestrial Hermit Crab - Coenobita clypeatus
Copyright © 2021 Jonas Insinga

Terrestrial Hermit Crab - Coenobita clypeatus
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, Key Biscayne, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
November 11, 2021
I encountered two terrestrial hermit crabs while explroe a tree stand between the picnic area and the beach at Bill Baggs State Park. The forest floor is covered in beach grape leaf litter and fallen, well rotted tree trunks The individual pictured here was the larger of two individuals, and was more willing to come out of its shell in my presence (even if only to flee.)
The smaller individual is pictured here:

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Terrestrial Hermit Crab - Coenobita clypeatus Terrestrial Hermit Crab - Coenobita clypeatus
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Contributed by Jonas Insinga on 2 December, 2021 - 7:20pm

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