SOME LAND HERMIT CRAB SPECIES
AND WHERE THEY ARE FOUND:
Australian LHC
1) Crazy Crabs -- C. variabilis
2) Strawberry Crabs -- C. perlatus
Carribean Land Hermit Crabs ( PP's):
1) Bahamas LHC -- C. clypeatus
2) Belize LHC -- C. clypeatus
Christmas Island LHC (Galapagos Island area):
1) Red's -- C. perlatus
2) Tawny's -- C. rugosa
3) Purple's -- C. brevimanus
Cook Island LHC (Hawaii) -- (Unknown but looking)
Ecuadorian LHC -- C. compressus
Guam LHC -- C. brevimanus
Indian LHC -- ?? but presently being sold in the USA
Indonesian LHC:
1) Singapore LHC -- C. cavipes
2) Singapore Mangrove LHC -- C. cavipes/spinosa/or brevimanus?
Nigerian LHC -- C. cavipes
Seychelles Island LHC -- C. brevimanus
Taiwan LHC -- C. rugosa
Thailand LHC -- C. brevimanus
Coconut or Robber Crab -- Birgus latro (related to hermit crabs)