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Coenobitidae

Indonesian / Purple Land Hermit Crab

Coenobita brevimanusปูเสฉวน

The page we cite does not state this figure. We opened it on 10 Aug 2026 and it gives no temperature for this species at all. The values above may still be right, but we cannot show you where they came from, and nobody here has checked them against a second source. Anything about a sick animal goes to a qualified exotic vet, not to a page. hermitcrabassociation.com

Photograph: Dana Lee Ling · CC0

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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Day

Drag the sun. Indonesian / Purple Land Hermit Crab is nocturnal, so what it is doing changes with the light.

Burrowing · temperate · humidFrom the sheet: 25–29°C, humidity 75–85%

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Temperature25–29 °C
Humidity75–85 %
Diet1 days

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
25–29°Ambient

One ambient band, 25–29°C. This sheet states no warm side, no cool side and no night figure, so none are shown. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet states25-29°C

Humidity

75–85%Target RH

The sheet states75-85%

Enclosure
60 L+ glass, deep sand; keep 3+ together

Identity

Adult size

1.75 m10 cm
1520100400 cm
10 cmNose to tail, adult

The size the sheet states for a grown animal.

Why

Two drawings, because they answer two questions. The silhouette is at true scale against a 1.75 m person: it says how big this animal actually is, which no number does for someone who has never seen one. The bar under it is logarithmic and shared by every sheet here, so a 2 cm isopod and a 4 m python both stay readable on the same axis and two species can be compared at a glance.

Order / Family
Decapoda
Origin
IUCN / CITES
Not evaluated; wild-collected: no captive breeding
Difficulty
Intermediate
Commonality
Common in SEA trade
Adult size
Up to ~10 cm; large, heavy species
Lifespan
20–40+ yrs possible
Growth rate
Very slow
Activity & niche
Nocturnal terrestrial scavenger; deep burrower to molt
Temperament
Shy, secretive
Venom / defense
Harmless; can pinch hard with large claw

Enclosure and conditions

Temperature
25–29°C
Humidity
75–85%
Min. enclosure
60 L+ glass, deep sand; keep 3+ together
Substrate
15–20 cm damp play-sand/coco (deep enough to fully bury)
Hides / decor / water
Extra shells, climbing wood; BOTH fresh AND marine (salt) water pools

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Diet

Feeding rhythm

every 1 dAs the sheet states
28Meals in 28 days

Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window.

Why

The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56.

The sheet statesFruit, veg, leaf litter, dried shrimp, calcium foods · Fresh food daily/every other day

Staple food
Fruit, veg, leaf litter, dried shrimp, calcium foods
Feeding frequency
Fresh food daily/every other day
Supplements
Cuttlebone / crushed coral / eggshell (calcium); marine salt for bathing water — NOTE

Behaviour and handling

HandlingOccasional, gentle; may pinch: support the shell
CommunalYes – social, keep in groups of 3+
Defense / stress signsRetreating into shell, leaving shell (major stress), lethargy

Reproduction

Reproduction
Pelagic larvae: essentially not bred in captivity (all wild-caught)

Common health problems

Common health issues
SignsStress from shallow substrate, low humidity, no salt water; PPS (post-purchase stress)
Red flags / quarantine
SignsMite/mould on shell; missing limbs; quarantine, offer proper molting substrate

Good to know

  • Can live for decades and buries itself for weeks to molt underground.

What it needs

A thermometerbecause temp — 25-29°C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 75–85%
Not stated: The size of the enclosurethis sheet describes the enclosure without a figure: « 60 L+ glass, deep sand; keep 3+ together »

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation. What the sheet does not state is listed too, rather than left out: a kit that looks complete is worse than one that names its gap.

Sources

coenobitaspecies.comhermitcrabassociation.com

Others in this group

Caribbean / Purple Pincher Hermit CrabCoenobita clypeatusGiant African Land SnailLissachatina fulicaRed Apple CrabMetasesarma aubryiRuggie Land Hermit CrabCoenobita rugosusVampire Crab (assorted Geosesarma)Geosesarma sp. (e.g. dennerle, 'red devil')Giant Pink-foot / Immaculate Land SnailAchatina immaculataGiant West African / Banana Rasp SnailArchachatina marginataConcave / Cavipes Land Hermit CrabCoenobita cavipes

What this sheet states

100%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

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UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.