Red Sea Land Hermit Crab
Coenobita scaevola
- Water temperature27–29 °C
- Best monthsAugust, October, and November
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Ahmed Emad H, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
Coenobita scaevola is a species of terrestrial hermit crab from the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Coenobita scaevola”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 39 records
- February: 38 records
- March: 39 records
- April: 36 records
- May: 38 records
- June: 45 records
- July: 55 records
- August: 67 records
- September: 50 records
- October: 57 records
- November: 62 records
- December: 49 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 27–29 °C
Photos
(c) ajott, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by ajott · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) ajott, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by ajott · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) nberhe, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Павлик Лисицын, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
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(c) bogsuckers, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
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Names and classification
- English
- Red Sea Land Hermit Crab
Names in 1 more languages
- German
- Rotmeer-Landeinsiedlerkrebs
Other scientific names: Cancer scaevola
Similar species
Indo hermit crabCoenobita brevimanus
Purple land hermit crabCoenobita perlatus
Ruggie hermit crabCoenobita rugosus
Purple Indonesian Hermit CrabCoenobita violascens
Aussie hermit crabCoenobita variabilis
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 153 open-data records from 1775 to 1775.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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