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Cardisoma carnifex
Brown Land Crab
As recorded: Cardisoma carnifex (Herbst, 1796)
Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Gecarcinidae
- Collected by
- Ball and EdmondsonBall →Charles Howard Edmondson →
- Locality
- Fanning Island
- Island
- Fanning Island
- Region
- Unknown Region
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Cardisoma carnifex observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2,029 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-29.
2026-10-29
Seychelles, SC
(c) almkuznetsov, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
CJ3G+Q2C, Banyuasih, Cigeulis, Pandeglang Regency, Banten 42282, Indonesia
(c) Adam Ardian Rahman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-24
Kunigami, JP-ON, JP
(c) jamg0121, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-20
Jabal Samḩān, Dhofar, OM
(c) E_Blackthorne, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-20
Northern Mariana Islands, MP
(c) mikejdo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-17
Thiruvidandhai, Tamil Nadu, India
(c) Vishnu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Cardisoma carnifex. BPBM 782. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35769968. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/s/782.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 35769968 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026