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Forest Hermit Crab

Coenobita spinosus

Classification

Coenobita spinosus is one of the sixteen species of terrestrial hermit crabs. Range and habitat C. spinosus can be found on Polynesian islands, Melanesia, Micronesia, the Mariana Islands and the northern coast of Australia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, and Henderson Island in the Pitcairn Islands where it has been observed to use plastic debris for protection.

Distribution

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