itself to them. Examples of the systems that provide such opportunities include floating logs and rafts of marine or terrestrial vegetation. Similarly, floating coconuts can be a very significant part of the crab's dispersal options. Fossils of this crab date back to the Miocene.

Taxonomy

The coconut crab has been known to western scientists since the voyages of Francis Drake around 1580 and William Dampier around

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