Family Coenobitidae - land hermit crab

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Malacostraca
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17
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Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
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Ref..   De Grave, S., N. Dean Pentcheff, S.T. Ahyong, T.-Y. Chan, K.A. Crandall, P.C. Dworschak, D.L. Felder, R.M. Feldmann, C.H.J.M. Fransen, L.Y.D. Goulding, R. Lemaitre, M.E.Y. Low, J.W. Martin, P.K.L. Ng, C.E. Schweitzer and S.H. … Tan 2009
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Also known as coconut crabs. Carapace relatively well calcified; eyestalk laterally flattened; eyes usually held subparallel to each other. Antennae laterally flattened. Coxae of third maxillipeds close to each other, without distinct gap between them. Chelipeds short, stocky, equal or unequal; when unequal, left chela larger. First 2 pairs of walking legs well developed, last 2 pairs reduced, third legs chelate. Abdomen bilaterally asymmetrical, not clearly divided into segments. Either hermit crabs or distinctly crab-like animals with abdomen tucked under carapace; uropods modified into a "rasp" used for clinging interior of gastropods shells (except in Birgus latro) (Ref. 343).
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Ref.
[ e.g. 9948]                       
Glossary
                    [ e.g. cephalopods]