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Brown Land Crab

Cardisoma carnifex

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Taiwan.January 6, February 6, March 13, April 10, May 21, June 56, July 69, August 55, September 25, October 12, November 6, December 7.
Taiwan286
China195
Taiwan Province191
Tainan104
Indonesia97
India94
Kaohsiung70
Australia59
Other Territories55
Tamil Nādu51

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

Sources

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