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Coenobita Violascens Nickname
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:22 pm
by Guest
Due to a recent poll by Mokulele_Hawai'i showing some beautiful photos of his Coenobita Violascens, we have somewhat decided to try and come up with an official nickname for the species. Reference photos are here....
viewtopic.php?p=300987#300987 (they are incredible.) I'm putting this up to take any suggestions, and then 2 weeks from today will complile them together in a poll. So far we have two current suggestions....
Blues and Violets. Not the most creative, but certainly fitting.
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:29 pm
by Guest
Purplies
Blueys
Re: Coenobita variabilis Nickname
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:41 pm
by OIF_VET
atat9 wrote:Due to a recent poll by Mokulele_Hawai'i showing some beautiful photos of his Coenobita variabilis, we have somewhat decided to try and come up with an official nickname for the species. Reference photos are here....
viewtopic.php?p=300987#300987 (they are incredible.) I'm putting this up to take any suggestions, and then 2 weeks from today will complile them together in a poll. So far we have two current suggestions....
Blues and Violets. Not the most creative, but certainly fitting.
Dont want to burst the Bubble..BUT! mokulele's Crab is a C.Violascens
And Not a C.Variabilis...Variabilis are known as the Australian Crazy Crab...
The C.Violascens has no Nick name as yet.
Hence the Violet Nickname at this Point.
The Aussie CC more closely resembles the E.
Thanks
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:43 pm
by Guest
The title needs editing lol.
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:44 pm
by Guest
OOPS! Thanks OIF, I copy and pasted the wrong Genus species name. That was a big ol' typo on my part... It's fixed!
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:28 pm
by Guest
This might osund stupid. But how 'bout the "bruisers". Cause they look black and dark blue??? O well, thats what I thought of.
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:05 pm
by Guest
Howabout V's or Voilas or Scenies, they sound dumb but it might work
If you havnt notiecd I used part of the name (Ruggies =Rugosus and Cavis = Cavipes)
hmm
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:09 pm
by Guest
Why not stick with the obvious like
PP for purple pinch....obvious
Ruggie for Rugosus....obvious
E for ecuadorians....obvious
Cave's for Cavipes....obvious
Straws ......well thiers is cause they look like strawberries
Indo's well that's cause they are indigo in color
Why not Viola's for Violascens wouldn't that be the obvious for that crab??? Just a thought!!!!
Re: hmm
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:18 pm
by Guest
ElliEve wrote:
PP for purple pinch
E for ecuadorians
Those two abbreviations come from the crabs nick-name, and not their Genus Species name. Es are C. compressus, not really Ecuadorian, and PP's are C. clypeatus, Purple Pincher was just a nick-name assigned to them because of the color of their pincher. And what about C. Variabilis, Crazy Crabs? I'm not saying we should stray from the obvious, as we really haven't been. Just showing that not all names come from the obvious.
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:57 am
by hermiegirl
I'm all for violas
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:07 am
by Guest
me too!
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:49 am
by Guest
Despite the abbreviations for nicknames, I still think that we should go with viola...or even violets too...
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:18 pm
by Guest
We should go wth violets since their color is violet, and their full name is similar.Violas only goes with the name.
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:03 pm
by Guest
They are purple? Oops.... guess thats why nobody else has agreed with blues. I'm slightly colorblind, especially with blues and purples...
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:16 pm
by Guest
I don't see anything wrong with calling them Violascens... I think we should just go with that.