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Crab in South Tarawa, Kiribati Crab posing to camera, South Tarawa atol, Kiribati Cardisoma carnifex,Geotagged,Kiribati,Spring Click/tap to enlarge PromotedCountry intro

Crab in South Tarawa, Kiribati

Crab posing to camera, South Tarawa atol, Kiribati

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  1. View Albert Kang's profile
    Albert Kang
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    This is not a Brown Land Crab - Cardisoma carnifex but is a Ghost Crab, not sure of what species.

    Could be Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Horned Ghost Crab), which is documented from Kiribati too.     Posted 5 years ago

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The Cardisoma carnifex

''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. The range includes parts of northern Australia and the Cocos Islands.

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Similar species: Decapods
Species identified by Rogus
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Uploaded Dec 7, 2015. Captured Mar 28, 2014 23:30 in Unnamed Road, Kiribati.
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  • X10
  • f/3.2
  • 1/917s
  • ISO100
  • 28.4mm