Decapoda (crabs) of the British Indian Ocean Territory

Coconut Crab
Birgus latro 1
Caribbean Land Hermit Crab
Coenobita clypeatus 2
Strawberry Hermit Crab
Coenobita perlatus 3
Tawny Hermit Crab
Coenobita rugosus 4
Brown Land Crab
Cardisoma carnifex 1
Little Nipper
Geograpsus grayi 5
Thin-shelled Rock Crab
Grapsus tenuicrustatus 5
Mottled Crab
Metasesarma obesum 5
Purple Estuarine Rock Crab
Metopograpsus messor
Estuarine Rock Crab
Metopograpsus thukuhar 6
Tiny Rock Crab
Pachygrapsus minutus 7
Ocypode ceratophthalma
Ocypode ceratophthalmus 8
Ocypode cordimanus
Ocypode cordimana 8
Uca tetragonon
Gelasimus tetragonon 9
Green Flat Rock Crab
Percnon abbreviatum 10
Ringed foot crab
Lydia annulipes 11
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