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Blue Land Crab

Cardisoma guanhumi

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 39, February 53, March 82, April 156, May 83, June 60, July 50, August 66, September 30, October 33, November 42, December 23.
United States1,679
Costa Rica717
Provincia Limón713
Mexico604
Brazil385
Puerto Rico332
Colombia326
Quintana Roo280
Texas242
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave193

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilyLand Crabs · Gecarcinidae
GenusCardisoma

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