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Cardisoma carnifex

Cardisoma carnifex
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Gecarcinidae
Genus: Cardisoma
Species: C. carnifex
Binomial name
Cardisoma carnifex
(Herbst, 1794)
Synonyms 
  • Cancer carnifex Herbst, 1794
  • Cardisoma obesum Dana, 1851
  • Cardisoma urvillei H. Milne-Edwards, 1853

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. The range includes parts of northern Australia and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.



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