Caribbean Land Hermit Crab
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. 1.
    juvenile
    A juvenile crustacean takes adult form after its larval phase, growing in stages between molts.
  2. 2.
    adult
    Fully 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