Males and Est. Carapax dark brown on top to yellowish brown on the sides. Legs greenish brown. Chelipeds yellow to white on fingers. Gravid females carry their eggs untill they hatch.
Eggs are dark blue.
Once I observed a gravid female eating some leaves. They go to the seaside to release the larvae. Some females drown doing this. They are mostly found further inland than adults. Crustacea Decapoda and Stomatopoda of French Polynesia Click here for the page with thumbnails with more pictures of Cardisoma carnifex These pages are far from being complete.