Birgus latro, Coconut crab : fisheries
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Birgus latro   (Linnaeus, 1767)

Coconut crab

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Coenobitidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; freshwater; brackish; depth range 0 - 5 m (Ref. 96667).  Tropical; 26°N - 25°S, 38°E - 124°W

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific: from Tanzania and Mozambique to Andaman Islands, north to Ryukyu and southeast to Ducie Island, Pitcairn.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 2.5, range 2 - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm CW male/unsexed; (Ref. 128393); max. published weight: 4.0 kg (Ref. 128393); max. reported age: 40 years (Ref. 128420)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Supratidal. Terrestrial crab that lives in oceanic islets, atolls, islands and coastal areas (Ref. 122297). Supratidal and terrestrial. Scavenger. Frugivore (Ref. 8423).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Davie, P.J.F. 2002 Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2): Decapoda - Anomura, Brachyura. In A. Wells and W.W.K. Houston (eds.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3B. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, Australia xiv 641 p. (Ref. 8423)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Vulnerable (VU) (A2cd+4cd); Date assessed: 06 August 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Poisonous to eat (Ref. 130567)

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).