Английская Википедия:Coenobita rubescens
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Coenobita rubescens is a species of terrestrial (land-living) hermit crab, family Coenobitidae.[1]
They are the only known terrestrial hermit crab species on the Atlantic coast of western Africa.[2][3] They were first described by the German zoologist Richard Greeff in the West African islands of São Tomé and Rolas, after initially being misidentified as Coenobita rugosus.[2] They are able to venture far inland, in altitudes exceeding Шаблон:Cvt. In spite of this, the ovigerous females must release the fertilized eggs in the ocean for the larvae to develop (as with all known species of terrestrial hermit crabs).[3]
The species is presumably named for the dark red coloration of their exoskeleton. Under Greeff's original observation, this species has a more elongated antennule and the left cheliped lacks the stridulation ridges (as such seen in C. rugosus), leading to the distinction.[2]
At approximately Шаблон:Cvt, they are rather small by Coenobita standards. As with other terrestrial hermit crab species, they are omnivorous. There are reports of this species carrying a sea urchin test in place of a more typical gastropod shell.[3]
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