🦀Coconut crab
Der Palmendieb (Birgus latro), auch Kokosnussräuber, im angelsächsischen Sprachraum Coconut crab genannt, ist ein zur Ordnung der Zehnfußkrebse (Decapoda) gehörendes Krebstier (Crustacea) aus der Familie der Landeinsiedlerkrebse (Coenobitidae). Dieser Familie werden zwei Gattungen zugeordnet: die Gattung Coenobita, zu der 21 Arten gehören, und die Gattung Birgus, deren einziger Vertreter der Palmendieb ist. Der Palmendieb, der unter anderem in der Lage ist, eine Kokosnuss zu öffnen, ist das größte an Land lebende Krebstier der Erde.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.
- Body mass
- 4 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 40 years
Everything we know about the Coconut crab
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass4 kgmaximum recordedSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Carapace width0.2 mmaximum recorded, carapace widthSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan40 yearsmaximum recordedSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Danger to humanspoisonous to eatSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l4 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Coconut crab yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classMalacostraca
- ›orderDecapoda
- ›familyCoenobitidae
- ›genusBirgus
- ›speciesBirgus latro
- classCrabs, shrimp & kin · Malacostraca
- orderCrabs, lobsters & shrimp · Decapoda
- familyCoenobitidae
- genusBirgus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- classCrabs, shrimp & kin · Malacostraca
- subclassEumalacostraca
- superorderEucarida
- orderCrabs, lobsters & shrimp · Decapoda
- suborderPleocyemata
- infraorderAnomura
- familyCoenobitidae
- genusBirgus
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