Caribbean hermit crab right claw and is purple in color. Female land hermit crabs release fertilized eggs into the ocean. The spawning (called "washing" in the English-speaking Caribbean) occurs on certain nights, usually around August. This species is one of the two land hermit crabs commonly sold in the United States as a pet, the other being the Ecuadorian hermit crab. "C. clypeatus" has been confirmed to live as long as 12 years, and some crab owners have claimed to have crabs live up to 40 years. Caribbean hermit crab The Caribbean hermit crab, Coenobita clypeatus, also known as the soldier crab, the
Cinnamon-throated hermit analysis by Hinkelmann where it merely is considered the male plumage of "P. nattereri". But as it seems, the Maranhao hermit only occurs in the northern part of the range of "P. nattereri", and as the two have different voices they seem to warrant recognition as distinct species "P. maranhaoensis". It is pending of confirmation by molecular work. Cinnamon-throated hermit The cinnamon-throated hermit ("Phaethornis nattereri") is a species in the hummingbird family, Trochilidae. It is found in a broad dry to semi-humid belt along the southern edge of the Amazon Rainforest from far north-eastern Bolivia north-east to Maranhão in Brazil.