Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Guaiamu (Blue land crab)

Cardisoma guanhumi

Description:

Large crabs, this species has a blue shell, with about ten cm in length and weigh more than 500 g. They have unequal forceps, most reaching thirty centimeters, which facilitates bringing the food to the mouth, except for female, whose grippers are typically both of equal size.

Habitat:

The blue land crab can be found this the state of Florida in the United States, to the southeast of Brazil, often in places between the muddy mangrove and the transition area between it and the woods are usually sandy and wet lands.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

No Comments

CassioCorradi
Spotted by
CassioCorradi

Porto Seguro, BA, Brazil

Spotted on Feb 22, 2016
Submitted on Feb 22, 2016

Related Spottings

Blue crab Blue Land Crab Blue Land Crab Cangrejo azul

Nearby Spottings

Peitica (Variegated Flycatcher) Sabiá-da-praia (Tropical Mockingbird) Beija-flor-de-barriga-branca (Plain-bellied Emerald) Caranguejo Guriça (Atlantic ghost crab)
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team