Coenobita brevimanus

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Coenobita brevimanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Coenobitidae
Genus: Coenobita
Species: C. brevimanus
Binomial name
Coenobita brevimanus
Dana, 1852
Coenobita brevimanus Hermit-Crab sitting in a snail-shell,  on the Similan Island “Ko Miang”, Andaman Sea, Thailand
Coenobita brevimanus Hermit-Crab sitting in a snail-shell, on the Similan Island “Ko Miang”, Andaman Sea, Thailand

Coenobita brevimanus is a species of land hermit crab native to the east coast of Africa and the south west Pacific Ocean. Adults of this species can be larger than any other species from the genus Coenobita and only Birgus latro is larger in the family Coenobitidae.