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Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Gecarcinidae land crabs

Genus: Cardisoma

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4 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 12 cm CW
 
Cardisoma armatum
[Lagoon land crab]
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Max. Length 12 cm CW
 
Cardisoma carnifex
[Brown land crab]
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Cardisoma crassum
[Mouthless land crab]

Hirose, Gustavo

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 15 cm CW
Cardisoma guanhumiLatreille, 1828

Photo by Hirose, Gustavo
 
Cardisoma guanhumi
[Giant land crab]


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