
Tuerkayana hirtipes
Pacific Blue Crab
As recorded: Cardisoma hirtipes Dana, 1851
Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Gecarcinidae
- Collected by
- Hornbostel
- Locality
- Guam
- Island
- Guam
- Region
- Unknown Region
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Tuerkayana hirtipes observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 437 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-17.

2026-10-17
Taitung, TW-TA, TW
(c) blackandwhite, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-08
952台灣臺東縣蘭嶼鄉東清村1-12號
(c) Yung-Lun Lin, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-07
台灣臺東縣蘭嶼鄉
(c) Yung-Lun Lin, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-06
952台灣臺東縣蘭嶼鄉椰油村2GQC+W9
(c) Yung-Lun Lin, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-05
Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu, VU
(c) jassp, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-29
Loon, Central Visayas, PH
(c) chocolate, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Tuerkayana hirtipes. BPBM 1638. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35766738. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/s/1638.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 35766738 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
