Cardisoma guanhumi

Taxobox
name = "Cardisoma guanhumi"

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|"Cardisoma guanhumi"
image_caption = "Cardisoma guanhumi"
image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
infraordo = Brachyura
familia = Gecarcinidae
genus = "Cardisoma"
species = "C. guanhumi"
binomial = "Cardisoma guanhumi"
binomial_authority = Latreille, 1825

"Cardisoma guanhumi" is a species of land crab found in tropical and subtopical estuaries along the Atlantic coast of the Americas, from Brazil [Debelius, H. 2001. "Crustacea - Guide of the World." 2nd edition. IKAN Unterwasserarchiv, Frankfurt.] and Colombia, through the Caribbean, to Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and as far north as Vero Beach, Florida cite web |url=http://www.sms.si.edu/IRLspec/Cardis_guanhu.htm |title="Cardisoma guanhumi" |publisher=Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce |author=K. Hill |date=2001-07-25] . The species varies in colour from dark blue to brown or pale grey, and may grow to 11 cm in width and weigh over 500 g

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*cite web |url=http://stjohnbeachguide.com/Land%20Crab.htm |title=Land crabs |publisher=StJohnBeachGuide.com |accessdate=2007-06-19