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Cardisoma carnifex

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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.[2] The range includes parts of northern Australia and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b P. J. F. Davie (2002). "Gecarcinidae". Eucarida (Part 2), Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura. Volume 19 of Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Crustacea: Malocostraca. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 183–186. ISBN 978-0-643-06792-9.
  2. ^ Janet Haig (1984). "Land and freshwater crabs of the Seychelles and neighbouring islands". In David Ross Stoddart (ed.). Biogeography and Ecology of the Seychelles Islands. Monographiae Biologicae. Springer. pp. 123–139. ISBN 978-90-6193-107-2.

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Cardisoma carnifex: Brief Summary

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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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Habitat

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Burrows in mangrove vegetation

Reference

Vannini, M. (1976). Researches on the coast of Somalia. The shore and the Dune of Sar Uanle. 10. Sandy Beach Decapods. Monitore Zoologico Italiano NS Supplemento VIII 10: 255-286

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