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Birgus latro  (Linnaeus, 1767)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1197343

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Cancer latro Linnaeus, 1767
  
    Birgus laticauda Latreille, 1829
  
  Common Name(s): coconut crab [English]
  
    robber crab [English]
  
    palm thief [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   SuperclassAltocrustacea   
                      ClassMalacostraca Latreille, 1802  
                         SubclassEumalacostraca Grobben, 1892  
                            SuperorderEucarida Calman, 1904 – camarão, caranguejo, ermitão, lagosta, siri  
                               OrderDecapoda Latreille, 1802 – crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, prawns, shrimp, crabes, crevettes, écrevisses, homards  
                                  SuborderPleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963  
                                     InfraorderAnomura MacLeay, 1838  
                                        SuperfamilyPaguroidea Latreille, 1802 – hermit crabs  
                                           FamilyCoenobitidae Dana, 1851 – land hermit crabs  
                                              GenusBirgus Leach, 1816 – coconut crab, robber crab, palm thief  
                                                 SpeciesBirgus latro (Linnaeus, 1767) – coconut crab, robber crab, palm thief  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): McLaughlin, Patsy A., Tomoyuki Komai, Rafael Lemaitre, and Dwi Listyo Rahayu  
  Publication Date: 2010   
  Article/Chapter Title: Annotated checklist of Anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world [...]. Part 1 - Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, supplement no. 23   
  Page(s): 5-107   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0217-2445   
  Notes: Available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275652945   
  Reference for: Birgus latro   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Patel, Krupal, Vinay Padate, Masayuki Osawa, Shivam Twiari, Kauresh Vachhrajani, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2022   
  Article/Chapter Title: An annotated checklist of anomuran species (Crustacea: Decapoda) of India   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 5157   
  Page(s): 1-100   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5334   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5157.1.1   
  Reference for: Birgus latro   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Indo-West Pacific  
       
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