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The coconut crab (Birgus latro) is a terrestrial species of giant hermit crab, and is also known as the robber crab or palm thief. It is the largest terrestrial arthropod known, with a weight of up to 4.1 kg (9 lb).
22 Ιαν 2018 · The coconut crab (Birgus latro) is the world’s largest terrestrial invertebrate (Figure 1). They can reach over 1 meter in leg span and weigh up to 4 kg. Evolutionarily, coconut crabs are hermit crabs, belonging to the infraorder Anomura (Crustacea: Decapoda).
The coconut crab (Birgus latro) is a terrestrial species of giant hermit crab, and is also known as the robber crab or palm thief. It is the largest terrestrial arthropod known, with a weight of up to 4.1 kg (9 lb).
Coconut crabs are the largest terrestrial arthropods known, with a maximum carapace length of 200 mm (up to 1 m from leg tip to leg tip) and a maximum weight of 4 kg. Coconut crabs are hermit crabs, and juveniles use mollusk shells for protection until they grow too large for available shells.
1 Απρ 2010 · The Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro, Linnaeus, 1758) is a terrestrial hermit crab belonging to a monospecific genus within the Coenobitidae (Anomura). It is the largest living terrestrial arthropod with individuals recorded to weigh up to 4 kg and measure 200 mm in carapace width (ca. 78 mm in thoracic length: TL) (Lavery et al. 1996b).
30 Απρ 2021 · The coconut crab distinguishes itself in terms of (1) genomic repetitive content, (2) taxonomic classification of homologs, (3) functionality assigned by orthologous clusters and gene ontology, (4) alternative splicing, (5) mitochondrial-targeting sequence signals, and (6) gene expansion.
Coconut crabs are absurdly large, land-dwelling, bird-hunting crustaceans. But on their isolated island homes, their peculiar traits work incredibly well for them. Get to know the world’s largest land-dwelling crustacean.
