Birgus latro, Coconut crab : fisheries
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Birgus latro   (Linnaeus, 1767)

Coconut crab

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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Coenobitidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

; sötvatten; brackvatten; djupintervall 0 - 5 m (Ref. 96667).  Tropical; 9°N - 28°S

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Indo-Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm 2.5, range 2 - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm CW hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 128393); publicerad maxvikt: 4.0 kg (Ref. 128393); rapporterad maxålder: 40 år (Ref. 128420)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. 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 Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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 referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Davie, P.J.F. 2002 Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2): Decapoda - Anomura, Brachyura. In A. Wells and W.W.K. Houston (eds.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3B. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, Australia xiv 641 p. (Ref. 8423)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Sårbar, se IUCNs rödlista (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

Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Trophic Ecology
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Population dynamics
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Life cycle
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Internet-källor

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, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 26.3 - 29.4, mean 28.5 (based on 1113 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).

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