Biology:Cardisoma

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans

Cardisoma
Cardisoma carnifex.JPG
Cardisoma carnifex
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Gecarcinidae
Genus: Cardisoma
Latreille, 1828
Type species
Cardisoma guanhumi
Latreille, 1828

Cardisoma is a genus of large land crabs. Three species formerly placed in this genus are now placed in Discoplax.[1] The four species that remain in Cardisoma are found in warm coastal regions where they live in burrows. Young individuals are often very colourful with a purple-blue carapace and orange-red legs (leading to a level of popularity in the pet trade), but as they grow older the colours tend to fade, and females may be duller than males. Although less extreme than in fiddler crabs, one claw is usually considerably larger than the other.[2] They are omnivores, but primarily feed on plant material.[3]

Species

The genus Cardisoma comprises these four species:[1]

Image Name Common name Distribution
Rainbow crab.jpg Cardisoma armatum Herklots, 1851 (African) rainbow crab, (Nigerian) moon crab or patriot crab east Atlantic coastal regions
Cardisoma carnifex.JPG Cardisoma carnifex (Herbst, 1794) red-claw crab Indo-Pacific coastal regions
Cardisoma crassum Costa Rica.jpg Cardisoma crassum Smith, 1870 mouthless crab east Pacific coastal regions
Blue Land Crab (Cardisoma guanhumi) (6852439208).jpg Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille, 1825 blue land crab or giant land crab west Atlantic coastal regions

See also

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2716213 entry