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Coenobita clypeatus (Fabricius, 1787)

368191  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368191)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Anomura (Infraorder)
  12. Paguroidea (Superfamily)
  13. Coenobitidae (Family)
  14. Coenobita (Genus)
  15. Coenobita clypeatus (Species)
accepted
Species
Cenobita clypeata (Fabricius, 1787) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pagurus clypeatus Fabricius, 1787 · unaccepted > superseded combination

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  1. Variety Coenobita clypeatus var. puertogalera Yap-Chiongco, 1938 accepted as Coenobita brevimanus Dana, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  2. Variety Coenobita clypeatus var. puerto-galera Yap-Chiongco, 1938 accepted as Coenobita clypeatus var. puertogalera Yap-Chiongco, 1938 accepted as Coenobita brevimanus Dana, 1852 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Pagurus clypeatus Fabricius, 1787) Fabricius, J. C. (1787). Mantissa Insectorum Sistens Eorum Species Nuper Detectas Adjectis Characteribus Genericis Differentiis Specificis, Emendationibus, Observationibus. Tome I. Hafniae: Christ. Gottl. Proft. xvi + 348 pp. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12058315 [details] OpenAccess publication
Neotype  (of Pagurus clypeatus Fabricius, 1787) USNM...  
Neotype (of Pagurus clypeatus Fabricius, 1787) USNM 126773, geounit Dominican Republic [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Coenobita clypeatus (Fabricius, 1787). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368191 on 2025-04-30
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2008-10-14 19:53:34Z
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McLaughlin, Patsy
2020-12-08 09:55:15Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2021-12-28 07:51:51Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2022-01-02 16:57:00Z
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2022-01-30 19:59:32Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2022-07-08 08:34:34Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2024-09-23 18:48:30Z
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De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description (of Pagurus clypeatus Fabricius, 1787) Fabricius, J. C. (1787). Mantissa Insectorum Sistens Eorum Species Nuper Detectas Adjectis Characteribus Genericis Differentiis Specificis, Emendationibus, Observationibus. Tome I. Hafniae: Christ. Gottl. Proft. xvi + 348 pp. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12058315 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Felder, D. L., Álvarez. F.,Goy, J.W. & Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea,. <em>Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity.</em> Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details] 

Other

context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source McLaughlin, P. A., Komai, T., Lemaitre, R. & Rahayu, D.L. (2010). 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. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> Supplement 23: 5–107. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Neotype (of Pagurus clypeatus Fabricius, 1787) USNM 126773, geounit Dominican Republic [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat Hard bottom (rock and rubbles) [details]
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English soldier crabpurple pincherland hermit crabland hermitCaribbean hermit crab  [details]
German Karibik-LandeinsiedlerkrebsKaribik-Einsiedlerkrebs  [details]
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Pagurus clypeatus Fabricius, 1787)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications) 
To CRUSTA 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coenobita clypeatus) 
To GenBank (119 nucleotides; 137 proteins) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (202 records) 
To ITIS

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