''Discoplax'' is a genus of

terrestrial crab A number of lineages of crabs have evolved to live predominantly on land. Examples of terrestrial crabs are found in the families Gecarcinidae and Gecarcinucidae, as well as in selected genera from other families, such as '' Sesarma'', althou ...

s. It is very closely related to the genera ''

Cardisoma ''Cardisoma'' is a genus of large land crabs. Three species formerly placed in this genus are now placed in ''Discoplax''. The four species that remain in ''Cardisoma'' are found in warm coastal regions where they live in burrows. Young individua ...

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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 als ...

''. ''Discoplax'' contains the following species:

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