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title: "Viola Land Hermit Crab"
description: "Coenobita violascens — Andere dieren. Coenobita violascens is a species of land hermit crab from family Coenobitidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/viola-land-hermit-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Viola Land Hermit Crab

> Coenobita violascens — Andere dieren. Coenobita violascens is a species of land hermit crab from family Coenobitidae.

- Scientific name: *Coenobita violascens*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1877
- Wikidata: [Q2053623](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2053623)
- iNaturalist taxon: [634867](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/634867)

## Names

- en: Viola Land Hermit Crab

## Countries with the most observations

MY (369), TH (343), IN (188), ID (132), MG (122), PH (98), TZ (97), TW (91), KE (51), JP (46), ZA (24), MM (23)

## Summary

Coenobita violascens is a species of land hermit crab from family Coenobitidae. It is native to the Indonesia, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Cambodia, Philippines, and Tanzania.

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

## Photo

![Viola Land Hermit Crab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/viola-land-hermit-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marcus Dace · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/39131787

## Machine access

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