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Tuerkayana
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Tuerkayana

Tuerkayana is a genus of large land crabs. It was created from two members of the genus Cardisoma and two members of Discoplax in late 2018 after a re-examination of the taxonomy of the family Gecarcinidae. Said re-examination also resulted in the creation of the new family Leptograpsodidae for the genus Leptograpsodes.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Pacific Blue Crab

speciesTuerkayana hirtipes

Christmas Island Blue Crab

speciesTuerkayana celeste

Rugose Land Crab

speciesTuerkayana rotundum

Indian Ocean red claw land Crab

speciesTuerkayana magnum

Tuerkayana latens

speciesTuerkayana latens

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 886880.