Coconut crab species

Coconut Crab

But that's not what will be discussed in this trit, Coconut crab species whose habitat of coastal forests on the islands of the Indo-Pacific
Although called a crab / crab animal is not a crab / crab
This crab is a type of hermit crab is very advanced in terms of evolution
So maybe he is more accurately described hermit crab walnuts, however, the population in the Maluku islands are called crab walnut / coconut crab
This crab is known for its ability to peel coconuts with strong claws to eat the contents.

For the size of a crab, this animal was a large, mature coconut crab can weigh up to 4 kg with a body length of up to 40 cm
and stretch his legs about 200 cm, Coconut crab males are generally larger than females
Age of the largest terrestrial arthropods can reach 30-60 years
When the young animal is brown with black stripes on the legs
but as an adult coconut crab is changing the color to mix brown and mauve purple

Coconut crab's body is divided into front part (head, chest or Sefalotoraks), abdominal (stomach) and with 10 feet
A pair of large claw foot foremost have to peel the coconut, and these claws can lift objects weighing up to 29 kg
Two pairs of legs walking next leg is a large and powerful that allow coconut crabs to climb vertically up trees glow as high as 6 m
and couples to the four smaller legs with claw-like tweezers at the tip
Foot - the foot is placed in the cavity where kerapas breathing organs located
Claws very strong grip, but he would release capitannya if its soft belly tickled with something subtle.

These animals have a very strong sense of smell and can detect odors from a great distance
Especially the smell of rotting meat, bananas and coconuts, a potential food source, attract their attention
This is because they have specialized organs called estetask on their antennae
(More looks like an insect olfactory organs, called sensilia) to determine both the concentration and direction of an odor
Canary crabs also flick their antennae to strengthen their senses

Scientific classification

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Upafilum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Order: Decapoda Upaordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Anomura superfamily: Paguroidea Family: Coenobitidae Genus: Birgus Species: Birgus latro