Christmas Island red crab

species of crustacean
Taxon taxon Q1934004
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Christmas Island red crab

Summary

Christmas Island red crab is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,663 views/month, #1,395 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Christmas Island red crab's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Christmas Island red crab is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Christmas Island red crab is classified within Gecarcoidea[5].
  • Christmas Island red crab's scientific name is Gecarcoidea natalis[6].
  • Christmas Island red crab's Commons category is recorded as Gecarcoidea natalis[7].
  • Christmas Island red crab's color is recorded as red[8].
  • Christmas Island red crab's described at URL is recorded as https://australian.museum/learn/animals/crustaceans/red-land-crab-gecarcoide-natalis/[9].
  • Christmas Island red crab's main food source is recorded as leaf[10].
  • Christmas Island red crab's main food source is recorded as fruit[11].
  • Christmas Island red crab's main food source is recorded as flower[12].
  • Christmas Island red crab's main food source is recorded as seedling[13].
  • Christmas Island red crab's main food source is recorded as carcass[14].
  • Christmas Island red crab's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+45000000'}[15].
  • Christmas Island red crab's has characteristic is recorded as male-oriented sexual size dimorphism[16].
  • Christmas Island red crab's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'G. natalis'}[17].
  • Christmas Island red crab is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Christmas Island red crab'}[18].
  • Christmas Island red crab's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+12'}[19].
  • Christmas Island red crab's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[20].

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Classification

Christmas Island red crab's scientific name is Gecarcoidea natalis[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Gecarcoidea[5]. It is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[18].

Identifiers

Christmas Island red crab's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 123100[21]. Christmas Island red crab's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 45628[22]. Christmas Island red crab's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4645892[23].

Why It Matters

Christmas Island red crab ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,663 views/month, #1,395 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . australian.museum. Retrieved . australian.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [22] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] . australian.museum. Retrieved . australian.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] . australian.museum. Retrieved . australian.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] . australian.museum. Retrieved . australian.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] . australian.museum. Retrieved . australian.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] . australian.museum. Retrieved . australian.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] . australian.museum. Retrieved . australian.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] . australian.museum. Retrieved . australian.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  19. [19] . australian.museum. Retrieved . australian.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url https://australian.museum/learn/animals/crustaceans/red-land
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P973]]: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/kraby-na-vianocnom-ostrov/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see Use"
  2. 6w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Color red
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Main food source leaf, fruit, flower +2
    Length {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+12'}
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P973]]: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/kraby-na-vianocnom-ostrov/, Add Slovak descriptive resource (P973)"
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