Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
June 29, 1790
Primary Source Reference:
Pennsylvania Packet (Philadelphia), 29 June 1790
Additional Source Text:
Also listed in Herald of Freedom (Boston), 13 July 1790
Notes:
The blue land crab (Cardisoma guanhumi) is a species of land crab found in tropical and subtopical estuaries and other maritime areas of land along the Atlantic coast and through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, from Brazil to Bermuda.
Peale's Common Name:
Land-crab
Current Common Name:
Blue land crab
Current Scientific Name
Cardisoma guanhumi
