The coconut crab (Birgus latro) is the largest terrestrial arthropod in the world, living in the tropical regions of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, including islands like Christmas Island and the ...
Coconut crabs of the tropics are large, cat-sized, crustaceans known for their indiscriminate eating habits and suspected to ...
Coconut crabs are the largest land crabs ... It is hoped that the currents of the Indian Ocean may distribute crab larvae and repopulate islands where numbers are declining.