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Christmas Island Red Crab

Gecarcoidea natalis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 29, February 20, March 3, April 6, May 8, June 26, July 6, August 6, September 8, October 7, November 74, December 66.
Australia259
Other Territories259

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
GenusGecarcoidea

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Christmas Island Red Crab with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.