The genus Coenobita contains the sixteen species of terrestrial hermit crabs. ==Ecology== Coenobita species carry water in the gastropod shells they inhabit, allowing them to stay out of water for a long time. The majority of the species are found in the Indo-Pacific region, with only one species in West Africa, one species occurring along the wes...
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(from the article `hermit crab`) Some hermit crabs live in the tubes of plant stems. Semiterrestrial, tropical species of Coenobita inhabit sections of bamboo stems, broken coconut ...
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