Caribbean Land Hermit Crab
Coenobita clypeatus
Animalia
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 20-30 yrs
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Colony
- Biome
- Tropical coast
- Range
- Caribbean
- Movement
- Walking
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Armor
- Status
- Uncommon
About
The Caribbean hermit crab is a land-dwelling crustacean that carries a borrowed shell it will swap for a larger one as it grows — sometimes triggering a chain of shell trades among a whole group. In the wild they can live over 30 years, far outlasting the 1–2 years most captive crabs survive.
Life cycle
- 1.juvenileA juvenile crustacean takes adult form after its larval phase, growing in stages between molts.
- 2.adultFully grown at adult size and full hard shell.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Coenobitidae
- Genus
- Coenobita
- Species
- Coenobita clypeatus