1. Coenobita lila成體的體色大多數為紫色,很容易被誤會為Coenobita purpureus。
跟據< new species of land hermit crab in the genus Coenobita Latreille, 1829 from Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, previously confused with C. cavipes Stimpson, 1858 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Coenobitidae) >,Coenobita purpureus左螯腳靠近背側外表面具有齒狀的斜向顆粒列和形狀不對稱的雄性生殖器,這兩點可以輕易把Coenobita purpureus和Coenobita lila分辨出來。