Land hermit crab genera are the genera of the family Coenobitidae, which Animal Diversity Web labels land hermit crabs and GBIF places in the order Decapoda. The family is small. GBIF keeps two genera in it, Coenobita with about 32 descendant taxa and Birgus with about 2, out of about 36 descendant taxa for the whole family, while Animal Diversity Web lists Coenobita as the genus under the family heading.
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Animal Diversity Web: Coenobitidae
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Family Coenobitidae (land hermit crabs)
GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Coenobitidae
GBIF SecretariatChildren of Coenobitidae
"canonicalName":"Birgus","vernacularName":"coconut crab","authorship":"Leach, 1816","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Leach, W.E. (1816). A tabular View of the external Characters of Four Classes of Animals, which Linné arranged under Insecta, with the Distribution of the Genera comprising Three of these Classes into Orders &c. and Descriptions of several New Genera and Species. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 11(2): 306-400.","numDescendants":2
Children of Coenobitidae: Coenobita
"canonicalName":"Coenobita","authorship":"Latreille, 1829","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Latreille, [P.A.]. (1829). Le Règne Animal Distribué d'Après son Organisation, pour Servir de Base a l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux et d'Introduction a l'Anatomie Comparée par M. Le Baron Cuvier. Nouvelle Édition, Revue et Augmentée. Vol. 4. Crustacés, Arachnides et Partie des Insectes. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard. xxvii + 584 pp.","numDescendants":32
View the Source GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, Coenobitidae
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"canonicalName":"Coenobitidae","vernacularName":"Land Hermit Crabs","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"FAMILY","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Dana, J. D. (1851). Conspectus crustaceorum quae in orbis terrarum circumnavi gatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicae Foederatae Duce, lexit et descripsit. Paguridea. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 5: 267-272.","numDescendants":36
Wikipedia: Coenobita
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The junior homonym Coenobita Gistl, 1848 is now the moth genus Ectropis.
Coconut Crab (Wikipedia)
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The coconut crab (Birgus latro) is a terrestrial species of giant hermit crab, and is also known as the robber crab or palm thief.
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