Purple Crab

Gecarcoidea lalandii

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Gecarcinidae

Gecarcoidea lalandii is a large species of terrestrial crab. It is dark purple in colour, with long legs and short pincers. It is nocturnal, so spends most of the day hiding in burrows.

Distribution

Purple Crab — (c) Richard Dimon, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Richard Dimon · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 1

Sources and credits

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