Cardisoma carnifex (Herbst, 1796)

Devi, S. Suvarna, Mendoza, Jose C. E., Ravinesh, R., Idress Babu, K. K., Kumar, A. Biju & Ng, Peter K. L., 2019, On a collection of brachyuran crabs from Lakshadweep, Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), Zootaxa 4613 (3), pp. 477-501 : 489

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4613.3.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:72D5CBE3-4121-4C22-989C-F27075EDFB90
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5586857
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA87FB-FFDC-FFD5-9CD3-F9E9FA01EDF8
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Cardisoma carnifex (Herbst, 1796)
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Cardisoma carnifex (Herbst, 1796) View in CoL

Material examined. 1 female (35.1 x 42.9 mm) ( DABFUK), Minicoy, 17 August 2013 .

Remarks. Previously recorded from Lakshadweep ( Thomas 1969). This is the most widely distributed gecarcinid species in the Indo-West Pacific (Türkay 1974), and is the only one known from the western Indian Ocean.