Tags: Crustacean.

The Ecuadorian hermit crab (Coenobita compressus) also known as the Pacific hermit crab is a species of land hermit crab. It is one of the two land hermit crabs commonly sold in North America including the United States as a pet the other being the Caribbean hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus).

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binomial authority
Henri Milne-Edwards
class
Malacostraca
family
Coenobitidae
genus
Coenobita
kingdom
Animal
order
Decapoda
phylum
Arthropod, Crustacean

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