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Strawberry hermit crab
Coenobita perlatus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 208660, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Strawberry hermit crab
- Scientific
- Coenobita perlatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Depth and habitat
- Shore: beaches, rocks and coastal vegetation at and above the high-tide line; adults live on land and return to the sea to release larvae
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The strawberry hermit crab is a bright red to orange land hermit crab dotted with small white granules. It lives on beaches and in coastal vegetation, carrying a borrowed snail shell, and scavenges plant and animal matter, mostly at night. Like other land hermit crabs, it releases its larvae into the sea.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=23); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=124, 93 observers); literature records via OBIS.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Coenobita-perlatus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208660
- inaturalist.org /taxa/123361
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Bernardl'hermitedenis.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.