Cardisoma guanhumi

Not to be confused with the (non-land) Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, or blue land crabs in the Discoplax genus.

Cardisoma guanhumi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Gecarcinidae
Genus: Cardisoma
Species:
C. guanhumi
Binomial name
Cardisoma guanhumi

Cardisoma guanhumi, also known as the blue land crab or great land crab, is a species of land crab found in tropical and subtropical estuaries and other maritime areas of land along the Atlantic coast of the Americas from Brazil[2] and Colombia, through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, to the Bahamas, and north to Ponce Inlet, Florida[3] Princess Place Preserve in Palm Coast, and Bermuda.[4] The species varies in colour from dark blue to brown or pale grey, and may grow to 15 centimetres (6 in) in carapace width and weigh over 500 grams (18 oz).[3][5]

A group of blue land crabs
  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille in Latreille, le Peletier, Serville & Guérin, 1828".
  2. ^ Helmut Debelius (2001). Crustacea - Guide of the World (2nd ed.). Frankfurt: IKAN Unterwasserarchiv.
  3. ^ a b K. Hill (July 25, 2001). "Cardisoma guanhumi". Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce.
  4. ^ "Giant Land Crab". The Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
  5. ^ M.E. Hostetler; F.J. Mazzotti; A.L. Taylor (December 2016). "Blue Land Crab (Cardisoma guanhumi)". University of Florida, IFAS.