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Brown Land Crab
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Brown Land Crab

Cardisoma carnifex

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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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Brown Land Crab in Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)

Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)

Mark Catesby · 1750 · p.103

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In the stacks

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 82585.