Coenobita scaevola is a species of terrestrial hermit crab from the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea.

Coenobita scaevola lives around parts of the Indian Ocean, including the Gulf of Aden and the coasts of Somalia and Pakistan.

[6] In common with other hermit crabs, the young animals of Coenobita scaevola pass through a number of larval phases,[4] before reaching the glaucothoe and then the juvenile stage.

[6] Coenobita scaevola can survive in arid conditions, such as those on the Sinai Peninsula, but only close to the shore, to which it must return regularly to replenish the water stored in its shell for respiration.

[2][6] C. scaevola rests in burrows or among coastal vegetation during the heat of the day, and emerges at night to feed.