Discoplax longipes

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Discoplax longipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Gecarcinidae
Genus: Discoplax
Species: D. longipes
Binomial name
Discoplax longipes
A. Milne Edwards, 1867
Synonyms

Cardisoma longipes

Discoplax longipes is a species of terrestrial crab. It has a dark purple shell and light to dark purplish-blue coloured pincers. Discoplax longipes has very long legs and pincers but poor eyesight. This species prefers to live in caverns.