Cardisoma carnifex explained

Cardisoma carnifex is a species of terrestrial crab found in coastal regions from the east coast of Africa and the Red Sea across the Indo-Pacific to the Line Islands and the Tuamotu Archipelago.^[1] The range includes parts of northern Australia and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: David Ross Stoddart . 1984 . Biogeography and Ecology of the Seychelles Islands . . . 978-90-6193-107-2 . Land and freshwater crabs of the Seychelles and neighbouring islands . Janet Haig . 123–139 . https://books.google.com/books?id=hAu6qogRHloC&pg=PA128.
2. Book: P. J. F. Davie . 2002 . Volume 19 of Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Crustacea: Malocostraca . Eucarida (Part 2), Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura . . 978-0-643-06792-9 . Gecarcinidae . 183–186 . https://books.google.com/books?id=jr9SR1Cr5BAC&pg=PA184.