FMIB 47662 Robber-Crab of Oriental Island Jungles
Summary
Robber-Crab of Oriental Island Jungles
Male of the Robber-crab (Birgus latro).... The small and slender fifth pair of legs are tucked up, out of sight, in the branchial chambers. The specimen from which the drawing was made weighed nearly six pounds. It is in a conventional attitude
Subject: Crabs, Birgus
Tag: Shellfish
Tags
Date
1902
Source
English: Alcock, Alfred W. (1902) Naturalist in Indian Seas : or, Four Years with the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship 'Investigator', New York City, NY: E. P. Dutton & Co.
Copyright info
public domain
