---
title: "Cangrejo ermitaño del Pacífico"
description: "Coenobita compressus — Otros animales. The Ecuadorian hermit crab (Coenobita compressus) also known as the Pacific hermit crab is a species of land hermit crab."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/ecuadorian-hermit-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cangrejo ermitaño del Pacífico

> Coenobita compressus — Otros animales. The Ecuadorian hermit crab (Coenobita compressus) also known as the Pacific hermit crab is a species of land hermit crab.

- Scientific name: *Coenobita compressus*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `zoo` (Zoo y mascotas)
- iNaturalist observations: 8108
- Wikidata: [Q5334405](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5334405)
- iNaturalist taxon: [196626](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/196626)

## Names

- en: Ecuadorian Hermit Crab
- de: Pazifik-Einsiedlerkrebs
- es: Cangrejo ermitaño del Pacífico

## Countries with the most observations

CR (3606), MX (1917), EC (1084), PA (744), CO (196), NI (95), SV (86), GT (20), HN (20)

## Summary

The Ecuadorian hermit crab (Coenobita compressus) also known as the Pacific hermit crab is a species of land hermit crab. It is one of the two land hermit crabs commonly sold in North America as pets, the other being the Caribbean hermit crab (C. clypeatus).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuadorian_hermit_crab

## Photo

![Cangrejo ermitaño del Pacífico](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ecuadorian-hermit-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/348205319

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ecuadorian-hermit-crab?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).