Coenobita purpureus
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
Binomial name
Coenobita purpureus
Stimpson, 1858

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

  1. โ†‘ "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 โ€“ via Wiley Online Library.

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