Giant robber crabs monitored from space: GPS-based telemetric studies on Christmas Island (Indian Ocean).

We investigated the navigational capabilities of the world's largest land-living arthropod, the giant robber crab Birgus latro (Anomura, Coenobitidae); this crab reaches 4 kg in weight and can reach an age of up to 60 years. Populations are distributed over small Indo-Pacific islands of the tro...

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Main Authors: Jakob Krieger, Ronald Grandy, Michelle M Drew, Susanne Erland, Marcus C Stensmyr, Steffen Harzsch, Bill S Hansson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23166774/?tool=EBI