Description: Birgus Latro - a.k.a the coconut crab - is the largest land-living arthropod in the world. Date: 24 August 2008, 19:57. Source: P8240162.JPG. Author: Olivier Lejade from France.
A Coconut Crab or krab kokonas (Bislama) (Birgus latro) near in the Port Vila Markets Efate, Vanuatu. Photographed on 17 March 2011.The Coconut Crab is a terrestrial crab and a rare delicacy on the islands - so much so that it is becoming much rarer on Vanuatu - especially on islands where tourism is popular. It has a very hard exoskeleton. It is supposedly that largest land-living arthropod in the world.
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