Cardisoma carnifex

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Cardisoma carnifex

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Gecarcinidae
Genus: Cardisoma
Species: C. carnifex
Binomial name
Cardisoma carnifex
(Herbst, 1794)

Cardisoma carnifex is a species of terrestrial crab found in coastal regions of eastern Africa and the Indo-Pacific. It has a purple-brown shell and yellow pincers, and lives near mangroves.

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