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BIRGUS LATRO [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crustaceans
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A large anomuran land crab ... that is widely distributed about islands of the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans where it burrows in the soil and feeds on coconuts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crustacés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Le «crabe des cocotiers» (Birgus latro) [...] appartient à la famille des cénobitidés, ou bernard-l'ermite terrestres.

Spanish

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