Brown Land Crab (Cardisoma carnifex)

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Cardisoma carnifex

(Herbst, 1796)

Brown Land Crab

Also known as: Chestnut Crab, Mangrove Butcher Crab

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Taxonomy

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Gecarcinidae

Other species in Gecarcinidae

Blue Land Crab (Cardisoma guanhumi)

Cardisoma guanhumi

Blue Land Crab

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