Coenobita cavipes

Coenobita cavipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Coenobitidae
Genus:	Coenobita
Species:	C. cavipes
Binomial name
	Coenobita cavipes; Stimpson, 1858
Synonyms
	Cenobita cavipes Stimpson, 1858; Coenobita baltzeri Neumann, 1878;

Coenobita cavipes (Passionfruit Hermit) is a species of land hermit crab native to the eastern parts of Africa, the Indonesia, Philippines, China, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Polynesia, and Micronesia.^[2]

C. cavipes usually uses empty turbo shells, and occasionally part of a hard passion fruit.^[3]

References[]

^ Patsy A. McLaughlin; Tomoyuki Komai; Rafael Lemaitre; Dwi Listyo Rahayu (2010). Martyn E. Y. Low; S. H. Tan (eds.). "Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea) Part I – Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 23: 5–107. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.
^ "Coenobita cavipes". The common species of land hermit crabs. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
^ Gerald McCormack (2007). "Coenobita cavipes, Unga Pūtua (AK). Brown Hermit-Landcrab". Cook Islands Biodiversity. Rarotonga: Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust. Retrieved February 12, 2011.

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