Coconut crab

The palm thief (Birgus latroi) illustrated by French Charles Dessalines D'Orbigny (1806-1876). Digitally improved from the 1892 original from the Dictionnaire Universel D'histoire Naturelle . The palm thief is also called a coconut crab. It is a large hermit crab found in tropical areas of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. With a weight of up to 3 kg, it can be 60 cm long, with a leg width of 90 cm.