HERPADEX
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Basic information
Cardisoma guanhumi
Blue land crab
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassMalacostracans
OrderDecapods
FamilyCardisomatidae
GenusCardisoma
- English name
- Blue land crab
- Alternative names
- Blaue Landkrabbe, Giant land crab, Great land crab, Westatlantische Landkrabbe, White Land Crab
- Synonyms
- Cancer guanhumi, Cardisoma diurnum, Cardisoma quadrata, Ocypoda gigantea
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Bay, Beach, Brackish water, Coastal, Freshwater, Marine, Pond, Temporary aquatic
- Microhabitat
- Fossorial, Ground, Mud, Plant litter
Biological characteristics
- Activity
- Crepuscular
- Diet
- Arthropods, Carrion, Detritus, Feces, Fruit, Insects, Leaves
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 68ZB6 · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d