Birgus latro (Coconut Crab; krab kokonas)
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A Coconut Crab or krab kokonas (Bislama) (Birgus latro) near in the Port Vila Markets Efate, Vanuatu. Photographed on 17 March 2011.The Coconut Crab is a terrestrial crab and a rare delicacy on the islands - so much so that it is becoming much rarer on Vanuatu - especially on islands where tourism is popular. It has a very hard exoskeleton. It is supposedly that largest land-living arthropod in the world.
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- Metazoa (Animal)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Malacostraca (malacostracans)
- Decapoda (decapods)
- Coenobitidae (land hermits)
- Birgus
- Birgus latro
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