---
title: "Mouthless crab"
description: "Cardisoma crassum — Inne zwierzęta. Cardisoma crassum, known as the mouthless crab, is a species of terrestrial crab found in the coastal tropical eastern Pacific from Baja California to Peru."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/mouthless-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mouthless crab

> Cardisoma crassum — Inne zwierzęta. Cardisoma crassum, known as the mouthless crab, is a species of terrestrial crab found in the coastal tropical eastern Pacific from Baja California to Peru.

- Scientific name: *Cardisoma crassum*
- Category: `other` (Inne zwierzęta)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2686
- Wikidata: [Q5038751](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5038751)
- iNaturalist taxon: [195310](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/195310)

## Names

- en: Mouthless crab
- es: Cangrejo Cajo

## Countries with the most observations

CR (1751), MX (554), PA (119), EC (52), CO (29), NI (29), GT (6), SV (5)

## Summary

Cardisoma crassum, known as the mouthless crab, is a species of terrestrial crab found in the coastal tropical eastern Pacific from Baja California to Peru.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardisoma_crassum

## Photo

![Mouthless crab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mouthless-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sophia Slater · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/359980092

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mouthless-crab?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).