The Gecarcinidae, the land crabs, are a family of true crabs that are adapted for terrestrial existence. Similar to all other crabs, land crabs possess...
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predominantly on land. Examples of terrestrial crabs are found in the families Gecarcinidae and Gecarcinucidae, as well as in selected genera from other families...
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crab, or harlequin land crab, is a colourful land crab from the family Gecarcinidae. Gecarcinus quadratus is found in mangroves, sand dunes, and rainforests...
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quadratus and Cardisoma spp.), is a colourful crab from the family Gecarcinidae. This species is found along the Atlantic coast from South Padre Island...
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"Burrow Dynamics of the Red Land Crab Gecarcoidea Natalis (Brachyura, Gecarcinidae) in Rain Forest on Christmas Island (Indian Ocean)". Journal of Crustacean...
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Carpilius maculatus (Carpiliidae); Bottom row: Gecarcinus quadratus (Gecarcinidae), Grapsus grapsus (Grapsidae), Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Ocypodidae)....
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Stimpson, 1860 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Gecarcinidae) for Central America and biogeographic notes on East Pacific Gecarcinidae". Crustaceana. 86 (3): 268–277....
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Johngarthia is a genus of crabs in the land crab family Gecarcinidae, formerly included in the genus Gecarcinus, and containing six species. The genus...
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Gecarcinus is the type genus of the land crab family Gecarcinidae. They are found in warmer coastal regions of the Americas, including islands in the Caribbean...
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Decapoda (terrestrial hermit crabs, crabs of the families Ocypodidae, Gecarcinidae, and Grapsidae, and terrestrial crayfish). They are abundant in all marine...
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Island, Discoplax celeste, new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinidae)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 60 (1): 89–100. Peter K. L. Ng...
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individuals from the Rocas Atoll are somewhat smaller. In the family Gecarcinidae, species are normally separated by the form of the first pleopod (gonopod)...
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land crab Gecarcinus ruricola (Linnaeus, 1758) (Brachyura: Grapsoidea: Gecarcinidae), and a description of the megalop". Zoological Journal of the Linnean...
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Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Brachyura Family: Gecarcinidae Genus: Cardisoma Species: C. guanhumi Binomial name Cardisoma guanhumi...
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designated in 2012. In late 2018, a re-examination of the taxonomy of Gecarcinidae resulted in the creation of the genus Tuerkayana, which was created with...
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a new family for Leptograpsodes Montgomery, 1931, and a new genus of Gecarcinidae H. Milne Edwards, 1837 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Grapsoidea MacLeay...
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and Socorro Islands in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Gecarcinidae)". Pacific Science. 73 (2): 285–304. doi:10.2984/73.2.9. ISSN 0030-8870...
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as the Christmas Island blue crab is a species of crab in the family Gecarcinidae. The species is only found near freshwater on Christmas Island. The species...
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northern Australia and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. P. J. F. Davie (2002). "Gecarcinidae". Eucarida (Part 2), Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura. Volume 19 of Zoological...
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Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Brachyura Family: Gecarcinidae Genus: Cardisoma Species: C. armatum Binomial name Cardisoma armatum...
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Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Brachyura Family: Gecarcinidae Genus: Gecarcoidea H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 Synonyms Pelocarcinus H. Milne-Edwards...
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Coenobita cypleatus Family Porcellanidae Petrolisthes quadratus Family Gecarcinidae Cardisoma guanhumi Gecarcinus lateralis Gecarcinus ruricola Family Grapsidae...
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(2007). "Some reproductive aspects of Gecarcoidea lalandii (Brachyura: Gecarcinidae) in Taiwan" (PDF). Zoological Studies. 46 (3): 347–354. Archived from...
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Stimpson, 1860 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Gecarcinidae) for Central America and biogeographic notes on East Pacific Gecarcinidae". Crustaceana. 86 (3): 268–277....
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Ng, Peter K. L. “On a New Species of Epigrapsus (Decapoda, Brachyura, Gecarcinidae) from a Cave in Guam.” Crustaceana, vol. 75, no. 10, 2002, pp. 1219–1227...
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land crab genus Gecarcinus Leach, 1814 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Gecarcinidae)". ZooKeys (435): 93–109. doi:10.3897/zookeys.435.7271. PMC 4141188....
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Discoplax in late 2018 after a re-examination of the taxonomy of the family Gecarcinidae. Said re-examination also resulted in the creation of the new family...
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Subsection: Thoracotremata Superfamily: Grapsoidea Macleay, 1838 Families Gecarcinidae Glyptograpsidae Grapsidae Percnidae Plagusiidae Sesarmidae Varunidae...
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Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Brachyura Family: Gecarcinidae Genus: Discoplax Species: D. rotunda Binomial name Discoplax rotunda...
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