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Coconut crab

species of crustacean
Taxon Taxon Q206070

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
B. latro[7]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5]
IUCN conservation status
vulnerable[2]
Life expectancy
+40, +60[18][19]
Original combination
Cancer latro[6]
Parent taxon
Birgus[3]
Taxon author citation
(Linnaeus, 1767)[21]
Taxon common name
Coconut crab, Crabe De Cocotier, Coconut Crab, Palm Thief, Robber Crab, 椰子蟹, cámbaru los cocotales, Yaffi, Ayuyu, cangrejo de los cocoteros, Ketam kenari[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Taxon name
Birgus latro[4]
Taxon rank
species[1]
Time period
Holocene[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en robber crab en Coconut crab en tatos en palm thief en mipeyso en Birgus latro ar سرطان جوز الهند cs Birgus latro cs krab palmový da Palmetyv de Dieb einer Palme de Birgus latro de Palmendieb de Kokoskrebs de Kokoskrabbe de Ayuyu de Godzilla-Krabbe de Ganjokrebs es Birgus latro es Cangrejo ladrón
🔖 Identifiers · 43
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh2008008212
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Birgus latro.jpg ↗
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Birgus_latro
BISMaL taxon ID
9004840
BOLD Systems taxon ID
276725
CalPhotos taxon ID
Birgus+latro
DORIS ID
2027
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/robber-crab
Endemia.nc animal taxon ID
8609
Fandom article ID
ru.zoology:Пальмовый_вор
Fossilworks taxon ID
219624
Freebase ID
/m/03dm0f
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GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
4311512
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
cranc-dels-cocoters
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0172770
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
palmetyv
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2701154
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
pal-movyi-vor-5a35ad
INSDC/RefSeq assembly accession number
GCA_018397915.1
INaturalist taxon ID
51727
IRMNG ID
11120127
ITIS TSN
1197343
IUCN taxon ID
2811
India Biodiversity Portal species ID
226691
J9U entity ID
987007533065005171
Lex ID
palmetyv
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777597795
MyBIS species ID
47864
NBIC scientific name ID
208256
NCBI taxonomy ID
177283
Observation.org taxon ID
211542
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
908305
Open Tree of Life ID
644678
SeaLifeBase ID
105639
TAXREF ID
459621
TaiBNET ID
310883
TaiCOL ID (new version)
t0057916
TasteAtlas ID
coconut-crab
Topic's main category
Category:Birgus latro
UMLS CUI
C1202954
UNII
35NE41P38E, I99QLG2Y6X
WoRMS-ID for taxa
208668
Yale LUX ID
concept/cd11a9e7-1a15-4ffd-a0ea-7c5d4fd3afac

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
IUCN conservation status 1
vulnerable
Instance of 1
taxon
Taxon rank 1
species
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . manoa.hawaii.edu. manoa.hawaii.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . manoa.hawaii.edu. manoa.hawaii.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . ksdae.kehutanan.go.id. Retrieved . ksdae.kehutanan.go.id. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . marinespecies.org. marinespecies.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Rizall 91202 · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → Coconut crab, Coconut Crab, Palm Thief +1
    "Created claim: Taxon common name: Ketam kenari"
  2. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Birgus
    Original combination → Cancer latro
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → taxon
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007533065005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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