Coenobita cavipes

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]

Coenobita cavipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Family:	Coenobitidae
Genus:	Coenobita
Species:	C. cavpies
Binomial name
Coenobita cavipes Stimpson, 1858
Synonyms [1]
Cenobita cavipes Stimpson, 1858 Coenobita baltzeri Neumann, 1878

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

References

1. 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.
2. "Coenobita cavipes". The common species of land hermit crabs. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
3. Gerald McCormack (2007). "Coenobita cavipes, Unga Pūtua (AK). Brown Hermit-Landcrab". Cook Islands Biodiversity. Rarotonga: Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust. Retrieved February 12, 2011.