Blue Land Crab

The common name blue land crab can be applied to either of two terrestrial crab species:

  • Discoplax hirtipes, from the Indo-Pacific
  • Cardisoma guanhumi, from the Atlantic coast of the Americas, also known as the giant blue land crab.

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