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Coenobita clypeatus
The fella in the picture was found on the Johnny Horn Trail (http://www.seestjohn.com/trails_johnny_h...) St. John, US Virgin Islands. The trail is a dry upland forest environment. If your half paying attention, your see the ground move now and then, it's probably a hermit crab.
Originally in 2005 I found these in a small colony on the reefbay trail on St. John, US Virgin Islands, next to the petrogylphs. Very large in size.
Spotted on Jul 15, 2008
Submitted on Sep 15, 2011
2 Comments
Moved to Arthropods :-)
Interesting see it far from water, in a dry place.