Cardisoma carnifex

Cardisoma carnifex is a species of terrestrial crab found in coastal regions from the east coast of Africa and the Red Sea across the Indo-Pacific to the Line Islands and the Tuamotu Archipelago.^[2] The range includes parts of northern Australia and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.^[1]

Cardisoma carnifex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Gecarcinidae
Genus:	Cardisoma
Species:	C. carnifex
Binomial name
Cardisoma carnifex (Herbst, 1794)
Synonyms [1]
Cancer carnifex Herbst, 1794 Cardisoma obesum Dana, 1851 Cardisoma urvillei H. Milne-Edwards, 1853