Summary ²

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.

Type information ³

Type for Cardisoma obesum Dana, 1851
Catalog Number: USNM 2356
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Dry
Collector(s): J. Dana
Locality: Tuamotu Archipelago, Peacock Island, French Polynesia, South Pacific Ocean

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2. Adapted by Ricky Taylor from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardisoma_carnifex
3. (c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/20159627

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