Birgus latro   (Linnaeus, 1767)

Coconut crab

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Coenobitidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; freshwater; brackish; depth range 0 - 5 m (Ref. 96667).  Tropical; 9°N - 28°S

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 2.5, range 2 - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm CW male/unsexed; (Ref. 128393); max. published weight: 4.0 kg (Ref. 128393); max. reported age: 40 years (Ref. 128420)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Supratidal. Terrestrial crab that lives in oceanic islets, atolls, islands and coastal areas (Ref. 122297). Supratidal and terrestrial. Scavenger. Frugivore (Ref. 8423).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Davie, P.J.F. 2002. (Ref. 8423)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Vulnerable (VU) (A2cd+4cd); Date assessed: 06 August 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Poisonous to eat (Ref. 130567)

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 26.3 - 29.4, mean 28.5 (based on 1113 cells).