Where does the Red Hermit Crab live?
Coenobita perlatus has 1,072 records in 47 countries and territories, from 1859 to 2026. Most records come from French Polynesia.
- 1,072 records
- 47 places
- 52 years recorded
- Malacostraca class
AnimaliaArthropodaMalacostracaDecapodaCoenobitidaeCoenobita
When it is recorded
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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.
Records over time
18592026
Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.
Where it is recorded
| Place | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| French Polynesia | 155 | |
| Australia | 142 | |
| Cocos Islands | 108 | |
| Cook Islands | 80 | |
| Maldives | 80 | |
| Seychelles | 63 | |
| United States Minor Outlying Islands | 38 | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 31 | |
| Guam | 29 | |
| Wallis & Futuna | 29 | |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | 28 | |
| Marshall Islands | 28 | |
| India | 27 | |
| Christmas Island | 24 | |
| Tanzania | 17 | |
| Madagascar | 16 | |
| Pitcairn | 16 | |
| American Samoa | 15 | |
| French Southern Territories | 15 | |
| Kiribati | 13 | |
| Tonga | 12 | |
| Tuvalu | 10 | |
| Samoa | 9 | |
| Micronesia | 8 | |
| South Africa | 8 | |
| Sri Lanka | 7 | |
| ZZ | 7 | |
| New Caledonia | 6 | |
| Vanuatu | 5 | |
| Mayotte | 5 | |
| Fiji | 4 | |
| Guadeloupe | 4 | |
| Mozambique | 4 | |
| Palau | 4 | |
| Solomon Islands | 4 | |
| Mauritius | 3 | |
| Niue | 3 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
| Indonesia | 2 | |
| Kenya | 2 |
Showing the top 40 of 47 places.
Related animals
Others in the family Coenobitidae.
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.