Birgus latro (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- World Paguroidea & Lomisoidea database. Birgus latro (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208668 on 2020-02-17
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Decapoda
- family
- Coenobitidae
- genus
- Birgus
- species
- Birgus latro
Name
- Synonyms
- Birgus laticauda Latreille, 1829
- Cancer crumenatus Rumphius, 1705
- Cancer crumenatus orientalis Seba, 1759
- Cancer latro Linnaeus, 1767
- Cancer puru Curtiss, 1938
- Pagurus latro Fabricius, 1798
- Homonyms
- Birgus latro (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Common names
- Crabe de cocotier, Crabe voleur (Le), Birgus à large queue (Le), Birgus larron (Le) in French
- Crabe des cocotiers in French
- coconut crab in English
- coconut crab in English
- palm thief in English
- palm thief in English
- robber crab in English
- robber crab in English
- Coconut Crab in English
- Crabe De Cocotier in French
- Kokosnusskrebs in German
- Palm Thief in English
- Palmendieb in German
- Robber Crab in English
- coconut crab in English
- palm crab in English
- purse crab in English
- robber crab in English
- tree crab in English
- ヤシガニ in Japanese
Bibliographic References
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
- McLaughlin, P. A., Komai, T., Lemaitre, R. & Rahayu, D.L. (2010). Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I — Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> Supplement 23: 5–107.
- McLaughlin, Patsy A., Tomoyuki Komai, Rafael Lemaitre, and Dwi Listyo Rahayu, 2010: Annotated checklist of Anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world [...]. Part 1 - Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, supplement no. 23. 5-107.
- Patel, Krupal, Vinay Padate, Masayuki Osawa, Shivam Twiari, Kauresh Vachhrajani, et al., 2022: An annotated checklist of anomuran species (Crustacea: Decapoda) of India. Zootaxa, vol. 5157. 1-100.
- Reay, P.J. & J. Haig (1990). Coastal hermit crabs (Decapoda: Anomura) from Kenya, with a review and key to East African species. Bulletin of Marine Science 46(3): 578-589