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Blackback Land Crab
Hartnollius lateralis
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Blue Land CrabCardisoma guanhumi
Atlantic Ghost CrabOcypode quadrata
Caribbean Land Hermit CrabCoenobita clypeatus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Mexico | 214 |
|---|---|
| Puerto Rico | 137 |
| Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | 106 |
| Quintana Roo | 94 |
| Costa Rica | 44 |
| Provincia Limón | 44 |
| Texas | 36 |
| Colombia | 31 |
| Magdalena | 18 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 11 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Malacostracans · Malacostraca |
| Order | Decapods · Decapoda |
| Family | Land Crabs · Gecarcinidae |
| Genus | Hartnollius |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Blackback Land Crab with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.