Tawny Hermit Crab

Illustrated: Adult tawny hermit crab in natural unpainted spiral shell, cream-brown limbs with darker brown markings, large LEFT claw on image RIGHT with dark patch and row of six short oblique stitch-like ridges on upper outer palm, smaller right claw, four exposed walking legs. Compressed elongated eyestalks, fine antennae. Rear reduced limbs concealed in shell.

Coenobita rugosus

All languages

English

Tawny Hermit Crab

Japanese

ナキオカヤドカリ — なきおかやどかり — nakiokayadokari

Korean

Coenobita rugosus — Scientific name; Korean name under review

Spanish

Coenobita rugosus — Scientific name; Spanish name under review

French

Cénobite stridulant

German

Coenobita rugosus — Scientific name; German name under review

Beta edition. Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.