Decapoda (crabs) of the British Indian Ocean Territory

This is a guide to the Decapoda of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The species listed here are primarily those recorded in the Zoological Society London checklist. Additional species have been added from surveys collected through a Darwin Plus project (DPLUS151). This list is not exhaustive ...more ↓

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Coconut Crab ¹
Birgus latro

Caribbean Land Hermit Crab ²
Coenobita clypeatus

Strawberry Hermit Crab ³
Coenobita perlatus

Tawny Hermit Crab ⁴
Coenobita rugosus

Brown Land Crab ¹
Cardisoma carnifex

Little Nipper ⁵
Geograpsus grayi

Thin-shelled Rock Crab ⁵
Grapsus tenuicrustatus

Mottled Crab ⁵
Metasesarma obesum

Purple Estuarine Rock Crab
Metopograpsus messor

Estuarine Rock Crab ⁶
Metopograpsus thukuhar

Tiny Rock Crab ⁷
Pachygrapsus minutus

Ocypode ceratophthalma ⁸
Ocypode ceratophthalmus

Ocypode cordimanus ⁸
Ocypode cordimana

Uca tetragonon ⁹
Gelasimus tetragonon

Green Flat Rock Crab ¹⁰
Percnon abbreviatum

Ringed foot crab ¹¹
Lydia annulipes

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Decapoda (crabs) of the British Indian Ocean Territory

Coconut Crab 1 Birgus latro

Caribbean Land Hermit Crab 2 Coenobita clypeatus

Strawberry Hermit Crab 3 Coenobita perlatus

Tawny Hermit Crab 4 Coenobita rugosus

Brown Land Crab 1 Cardisoma carnifex

Little Nipper 5 Geograpsus grayi

Thin-shelled Rock Crab 5 Grapsus tenuicrustatus

Mottled Crab 5 Metasesarma obesum

Purple Estuarine Rock Crab Metopograpsus messor

Estuarine Rock Crab 6 Metopograpsus thukuhar

Tiny Rock Crab 7 Pachygrapsus minutus

Ocypode ceratophthalma 8 Ocypode ceratophthalmus

Ocypode cordimanus 8 Ocypode cordimana

Uca tetragonon 9 Gelasimus tetragonon

Green Flat Rock Crab 10 Percnon abbreviatum

Ringed foot crab 11 Lydia annulipes