Photo: LiCheng Shih · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 10 cm carapace
- 🌊 damp ground by the sea, mangroves and coastal plains
The land crab is a large blue-violet crab with unequal claws, which digs deep burrows in damp ground near the shore. It feeds on fallen leaves and fruit. About once a year, females go down to the sea to release their eggs, which causes great migrations towards the coast.
Did you know?
In Tahiti it is known as tupa and is eaten cooked.
Source: Common usage in Tahiti (Tahitian name to be confirmed)
Tahitian names: common usage in Tahiti (to be confirmed). French name: Crabe de terre.
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