Coenobita cavipes

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Coenobita cavipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Infraorder: Brachyura Family: Coenobitidae Genus: Coenobita Species: C. cavpies
Binomial name
Coenobita cavipes Stimpson, 1858

Coenobita cavipes is a species of land hermit crab native to the eastern parts of Africa, the Philippines, China, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Polynesia, and Micronesia.

They are found in the inland area of forests and only go to the beach for mating. As with other land hermit crabs they are omnivorous scavengers but C. cavipes mainly eat fruit.

The first set of antennae are colored black and the second set red. They also have black hair, white bumps, and a stripe across the large pincer. Their coloring can be orange to dark brown. They have a tendency to moult more often than other crabs. They can be 30mm in length. Their eyestalks are black and elongated. The tip of their big claw tends to be white. Their walking legs are slim and the third walking leg is usually very long and slim. Their abdomens are quite long and slender.

They generally give preference to turbo, tonna, and achitina fulica shells.

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