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Strawberry land hermit crab

Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Crustacea
Class:Malacostraca
Order:Decapoda
Family:Coenobitidae
Genus:Coenobita
Species:C. perlatus
Binomial name
Coenobita perlatus
Milne-Edwards, 1837


The strawberry land hermit crab (Coenobita perlatus) is a species of terrestrial hermit crab. It prefers shells with a round opening like turbo shells and tonna shells.

Coenobita perlatus have pronounced striations (stitch marks) on their large pincer (about 4-7 of them) in a pattern similar to Coenobita rugosus and to a lesser extent Coenobita compressus. They are noted for their bright red colouring and white granual markings. They can be 18 mm in length.

Juvelines are white with red antennae, but as they grow and moult, their orange and red colouring appears. During their younger years, they are more of a pale red or orange colour. As adults, they are very red. Their eyestalks are the same colour as their body and are thick. Their walking legs are thick and strong for climbing.

C. perlatus are native to the Indo-Pacific region, specifically Madagascar, Japan, and Australia and in other areas around the Red Sea and the Pacific. However, they have spread to other Atlantic regions because humans have brought them there. Still, they have a harder time surving on Cape Cod (Massachusetts) than they do in Kapiti Island (a small island off the coast of Paraparaumu, New Zealand).

In Australia they are restricted to islands and coral cays of the Great Barrier Reef where they have been found to scavenge on sea terns, tortoise eggs and other crabs.

They are most active at a relative humidity of about 80% and a temperature of about 80°F (27°C).

They can live for around 30 years in the wild. In captivity they have been known to live for about 32 years.

References

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Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829

Subphyla and Classes
  • Subphylum Trilobitomorpha
  • Trilobita - trilobites (extinct)
  • Subphylum Chelicerata

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crustaceans (Crustacea) are a large group of arthropods, comprising approximately 52,000 described species [1], and are usually treated as a subphylum [2].
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Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802

Subclasses

Eumalacostraca
Hoplocarida
Phyllocarida
See text for orders.

The Malacostraca (Greek: "soft shell") are the largest subgroup of crustaceans and include most of the animals that non-experts
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Decapoda
Latreille, 1802

Suborders

Dendrobranchiata
Pleocyemata
See text for superfamilies.

The decapods or Decapoda are an order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups, such as crayfish,
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Coenobitidae
Dana, 1851

Genera

Birgus
Coenobita

Coenobitidae are a family of hermit crabs with only two genera:
* Birgus, the coconut crab, and
* Coenobita

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binomial nomenclature is the formal system of naming species. The system is also called binominal nomenclature (particularly in zoological circles), binary nomenclature (particularly in botanical circles), or the binomial classification system.
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Henri Milne-Edwards (October 23, 1800 - July 29, 1885) was an eminent French zoologist.

Milne-Edwards, was the 27th child of an English father Wiliam Edwards and a French mother Elisabeth Vaux.
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species is one of the basic units of biological classification. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.
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C. rugosus

Binomial name
Coenobita rugosus
H. Milne-Edwards, 1837

Coenobita rugosus (colloquially referred to as ruggie
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C. compressus

Binomial name
Coenobita compressus
Herbst, 1791

The Ecuadorian hermit crab (Coenobita compressus) also known as the Pacific hermit crab
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1 millimetre =
SI units
010−3 m 0 cm
US customary / Imperial units
010−3 ft 010−3 in
The millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm
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Antennae (singular antenna) are paired appendages connected to the front-most segments of arthropods. In crustaceans, they are biramous and present on the first two segments of the head, with the smaller pair known as antennules.
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Ecdysis is the moulting of the cuticula in arthropods and related groups (Ecdysozoa). Since the cuticula of these animals is also the skeletal support of the body and is inelastic, it is shed during growth and a new, larger covering is formed. The old skin is called an exuvia.
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Indo-Pacific is a biogeographic region of the earth's seas, comprising the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the seas connecting the two in the general area of Indonesia.
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Motto
Tanindrazana, Fahafahana, Fandrosoana   (Malagasy)
Patrie, liberté, progrès   (French)
"Ancestral-land, Liberty, Progress"
Anthem

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Capital Canberra

Largest city Sydney
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Red Sea is an inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb sound and the Gulf of Aden. In the north are the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba) and the Gulf of Suez (leading to the Suez Canal).
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Earth's oceans
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  • Atlantic Ocean
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The Pacific Ocean (from the Latin name Mare Pacificum
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Anthem
Advance Australia Fair [1]


Capital Canberra

Largest city Sydney
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A cay (also spelled key or quay; all are pronounced alike as "key" IPA: /kiː/) is a small, low island consisting mostly of sand or coral.
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State Party  Australia
Type Natural
Criteria vii, viii, ix, x
Reference 154
Region Asia-Pacific

Inscription History
Inscription 1981  (5th Session)
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Sternidae
Bonaparte, 1838

Genera
  • Anous
  • Procelsterna
  • Gygis
  • Onychoprion
  • Sternula
  • Phaetusa
  • Hydroprogne
  • Gelochelidon

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Testudinidae

Genera

Chersina
Cylindraspis (extinct)
Dipsochelys
Geochelone
Gopherus
Homopus
Indotestudo
Kinixys
Malacochersus
Manouria

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In most birds and reptiles, an egg (Latin ovum) is the zygote, resulting from fertilization of the ovum. To enable incubation the egg is usually kept within a favourable temperature range as it nourishes and protects the growing embryo.
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Relative humidity is a term used to describe the amount of water vapor that exists in a gaseous mixture of air and water.

Definition

The relative humidity of an air-water mixture is defined as the ratio of the partial pressure of water vapor in the mixture to the
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