Coenobita purpureus
| Coenobita purpureus | |
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| Coenobita purpureus | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| 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] They are typically a blue/purple color with white eyestalks, a red antennae, and a brown antennae. They also have gastropod shells.
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. Coenobita purpureus deliver their larvae in the summer, which they then disperse to Ogasawara Islands.
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
- File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Coenobita purpureus at Wikimedia Commons
