Land crab (species: Cardisoma carnifex) in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
Animalia > Bilateria > Protostomia > Ecdysozoa > Arthropoda > Crustacea > Malacostraca > Eumalacostraca > Eucarida > Decapoda > Pleocyemata > Brachyura > Eubrachyura > Grapsoidea > Gecarcinidae > Cardisoma > Cardisoma carnifex (gallery)
Cardisoma carnifex
Land crab


©Anne: Cardisoma carnifex at Lizard Island with eggs

©adrien: Land crab (Cardisoma carnifex)

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family Gecarcinidae
Genus Cardisoma
Species Cardisoma carnifex

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©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Diele, K. (1993). Reproduktionsbiologische und ökologische Freilandstudien and der Landkrabbe Cardisoma carnifex (Dekapoda, Brachyura, Gecarcinidae), Diploma thesis, Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany. LIRS catalog number 424.