The coconut crab (Birgus latro) is a terrestrial species of giant hermit crab, and is also known as the robber crab or palm thief. It is the largest terrestrial arthropod known, with a weight of up to 4.1 kg (9 lb).

2021年11月21日 · Also known as the robber crab, the coconut crab reigns supreme as the largest arthropod on Earth — and may have consumed Amelia Earhart's body. It's the largest land crab on Earth — and one of the scariest.

coconut crab, (Birgus latro), large nocturnal land crab of the southwest Pacific and Indian oceans. It is closely related to the hermit crab and king crab. All are decapod crustaceans (order Decapoda, class Crustacea). Adult coconut crabs are about 1 metre (40 inches) from leg tip to leg tip and weigh about 4.5 kg (10 pounds).

2024年8月12日 · Coconut crabs are quite unique creatures. Find out just how big they are, why their claws are so strong, and other interesting coconut crab facts.

Sometimes called the robber crab or palm thief, coconut crabs are enormous, terrestrial hermit crabs that can grow up to 1m (3 feet) in width. Only humans by adulthood or other coconut crabs. Juveniles possibly predated upon by rats, birds, pigs.

The coconut crab (Birgus latro) is a terrestrial species of giant hermit crab, and is also known as the robber crab or palm thief. It is the largest terrestrial arthropod known, with a weight of up to 4.1 kg (9 lb).

Coconut crabs, Birgus latro, might seem unusual – they’re absurdly large, land-dwelling, bird-hunting crustaceans. But on their isolated island homes, their peculiar traits work incredibly well for them. What is a coconut crab? To say that coconut crabs are big would be an understatement.

2017年12月11日 · The coconut crab, also known as the robber crab or palm thief, is a type of hermit crab. Although the coconut crab had a wider range, it has become locally extinct in Australia, Mauritius, and Madagascar, and are now found on select islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

2025年3月26日 · About the size of a small dog, the coconut crab - otherwise known as the robber crab or palm thief - is the biggest arthropod in the world, often weighing up to nine pounds. These nightmare crabs look more like an alien from outer space than a species of Earth, and their look isn't the only crazy thing about them.

Well, a close cousin of your hermit crab — the coconut crab (Birgus latro) — would not have been so easily ignored. Native to the islands in the Pacific and Indian oceans, coconut crabs are the world's biggest land-dwelling arthropods.