Coconut crab
SpeciesCrustaceans
A large terrestrial hermit crab found on islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
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Coconut crab
- Crustaceans
The coconut crab, Birgus latro, is a terrestrial giant hermit crab also called the robber crab or palm thief. It is the only species in the genus Birgus and the largest living terrestrial arthropod. Adults have a tough abdominal exoskeleton and breathe using branchiostegal lungs. They occur on islands across the Indian and Pacific Oceans and feed mainly on fruits, nuts, seeds and fallen-tree pith.
- Scientific name
- Birgus latro
- Maximum weight
- Up to 4.1 kg
- Range
- Islands across the Indian and Pacific Oceans
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Coconut crab (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q206070
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Drew Avery. CC BY 2.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsDrew Avery, originally posted to Flickr as Coconut Crab {Birgus latro}#2Modifications: Resized and converted to WebP
- Popularity
- 867 median daily views (Wikimedia Pageviews API (all-access, user agent))
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