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Cardisoma armatum  (Herklots, 1851)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1212004

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Ocypode armatum Herklots, 1851
  
  Common Name(s): Lagoon land crab [English]
  
    Tourlourou des lagunes [French]
  
    Moro de laguna [Spanish]
  
    Harlekinkrabbe
 
    soapdish crab [English]
  
    African rainbow crab [English]
  
    Nigerian moon crab [English]
  
    patriot crab [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  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  
                   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  
                                  InfraorderBrachyura Latreille, 1802 – short-tailed crabs, true crabs  
                                     SuperfamilyGrapsoidea MacLeay, 1838  
                                        FamilyGecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 – land crabs  
                                           GenusCardisoma Latreille in Latreille, Le Peletier, Serville and Guérin, 1828 – giant land crabs, great land crabs, Karibische Landkrabben, Riesenlandkrabben  
                                              SpeciesCardisoma armatum (Herklots, 1851) – Lagoon land crab, Tourlourou des lagunes, Moro de laguna, Harlekinkrabbe, soapdish crab, African rainbow crab, Nigerian moon crab, patriot crab  
       

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  Source: DecaNet (World List of Decapods), database (version 2023)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: DecaNet eds. (2023). DecaNet. Accessed at https://www.decanet.info. doi:10.14284/600   
  Reference for: Cardisoma armatum   
       
  Source: FAO AFSIS species list, 27-Oct-2022, database (version 27-Oct-22)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) list of species for fishery statistics purposes. Available at https://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en   
  Reference for: Cardisoma armatum, Lagoon land crab [English], Tourlourou des lagunes [French], Moro de laguna [Spanish]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cole, Theodor C. H.  
  Publication Date: 2016   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates: Latein-Deutsch-Englisch   
  Page(s): xii + 574   
  Publisher: Springer Spektrum   
  Publication Place: Berlin, Germany   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9783662528686   
  Notes: doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-52869-3   
  Reference for: Cardisoma armatum, African rainbow crab [English], Harlekinkrabbe, Lagoon land crab [English], Nigerian moon crab [English], patriot crab [English], soapdish crab [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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