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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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Brown Land Crab being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Cardisoma armatum
- Gecarcoidea humei
- Tuerkayana hirtipes
- Cardisoma guanhumi
- Tuerkayana rotundum
- Tuerkayana celeste
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Cardisomatidae
- Genus
- Cardisoma
- Species
- Cardisoma carnifex
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