Cardisoma carnifex
Species of crab
| Cardisoma carnifex | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Gecarcinidae |
| Genus: | Cardisoma |
| Species: | C. carnifex |
| Binomial name | |
| Cardisoma carnifex (Herbst, 1794) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Cardisoma carnifex is a species of terrestrial crab found in coastal regions from the east coast of Africa and the Red Sea across the Indo-Pacific to the Line Islands and the Tuamotu Archipelago.[2] The range includes parts of northern Australia and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.[1]
References
- ^ a b P. J. F. Davie (2002). "Gecarcinidae". Eucarida (Part 2), Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura. Volume 19 of Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Crustacea: Malocostraca. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 183–186. ISBN 978-0-643-06792-9.
- ^ Janet Haig (1984). "Land and freshwater crabs of the Seychelles and neighbouring islands". In David Ross Stoddart (ed.). Biogeography and Ecology of the Seychelles Islands. Monographiae Biologicae. Springer. pp. 123–139. ISBN 978-90-6193-107-2.
External links
Media related to Cardisoma carnifex at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Cardisoma carnifex at Wikispecies
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Extant Gecarcinidae species
- C. armatum
- C. carnifex
- C. crassum
- C. guanhumi
- D. gracilipes
- D. longipes
- D. magna
- D. michalis
- D. rotunda
- E. notatus
- E. politus
- E. villosus
- G. lateralis
- G. quadratus
- G. ruricola
- G. nobilii
- G. lalandii
- G. natalis
- J. cocoensis
- J. lagostoma
- J. malpilensis
- J. oceanica
- J. planata
- J. weileri
- T. celeste
- T. hirtipes
- T. magnum
- T. rotundum
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