Biology:Cardisoma crassum

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Short description: Species of crab

Mouthless crab
Mouthless Crab.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Gecarcinidae
Genus: Cardisoma
Species:
C. crassum
Binomial name
Cardisoma crassum
Smith, 1870[1]
Synonyms

Cardisoma latimanus Lockington, 1877[1]

Cardisoma crassum, known as the mouthless crab, is a species of terrestrial crab found in the coastal tropical eastern Pacific from Baja California to Peru.[2] It has a purplish-blue shell, red legs and white main pincer. Cardisoma crassum is common among mangrove roots, where it builds its burrow. It also occasionally occurs on the driest part of the channel banks and flats".[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5038751 entry