Back سلطعون الناسك الكاريبى ARZ Coenobita clypeatus CEB Karibik-Landeinsiedlerkrebs German Coenobita clypeatus Spanish Coenobita clypeatus French Coenobita clypeatus Italian 캐리비안뭍집게 Korean Caraïbische heremietkreeft Dutch Coenobita clypeatus Portuguese Coenobita clypeatus Swedish
| Caribbean hermit crab | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Coenobitidae |
| Genus: | Coenobita |
| Species: | C. clypeatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Coenobita clypeatus | |
The Caribbean hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus), also known as the soldier crab,[2] West Atlantic crab, tree crab, or purple pincher (due to the distinctive purple claw), is a species of land hermit crab native to the west Atlantic, Belize, southern Florida,[3] Venezuela, and the West Indies.[4]
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- ^ Audrey Pavia (2006). "What is a hermit crab?". Hermit Crab. Volume 51 of Your Happy Healthy Pet (2nd ed.). John Wiley and Sons. pp. 13–22. ISBN 978-0-471-79379-3.