Biology:Gecarcinus
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Short description: Genus of crabs
| Gecarcinus | |
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| Gecarcinus quadratus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Gecarcinidae |
| Genus: | Gecarcinus Leach, 1814 |
| Type species | |
| Cancer ruricola | |
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. Four species from oceanic islands were formerly included in Gecarcinus as the subgenus Johngarthia, but are now treated as a separate genus, Johngarthia.[1] While all members of this genus are largely terrestrial, they have to return to the ocean to breed (the larvae are released into the sea). They are often colourful, with reddish, orange, purple, yellowish, whitish, or blackish being the dominating hues. This has resulted in some species, notably G. quadratus and G. lateralis, gaining a level of popularity in the pet trade.
Species
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Gecarcinus lateralis (Fréminville, 1835) | blackback land crab, Bermuda land crab, red land crab | South Padre Island, Texas, south to Macuto, Venezuela |
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Gecarcinus quadratus (Saussure, 1853) | red land crab, whitespot crab, halloween crab, moon crab, halloween moon crab, mouthless crab or harlequin land crab | Pacific coast from Mexico south to Panama |
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Gecarcinus ruricola (Linnaeus, 1758) | purple land crab, black land crab, red land crab, and zombie crab | Cuba and the Bahamas in the west through the Antilles to Barbados in the east |
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Gecarcinus nobilii (Perger & Wall, 2014) | Pacific coast from Colombia to Peru |
References
- ↑ Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot; Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf.
Further reading
- Bright, D.B.; Hogue, C.L. (1972). "A synopsis of burrowing land crabs of the world and list of their arthropod symbionts and burrow associates". Contributions in Science 220: 1–58. doi:10.5962/p.241205. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52087731#page/49/mode/1up.
- Ng, P.K.L.; Guinot, D. (2001). "On the land crabs of the genus Discoplax A. Milne-Edwards, 1867 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinidae), with description of a new cavernicolous species from the Philippines". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 49 (2): 311–338. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/app/uploads/2017/06/49rbz311-338.pdf.
- Türkay, M. (1970). "Die Gercarcinidae Amerikas. Mit einem Anhang uber Ucides Rathbun (Crustacea: Decapoda)" (in de). Senckenbergiana Biologica 51 (5/6): 333–354. https://research.nhm.org/pdfs/27369/27369.pdf.
- Türkay, M. (1987). "Landkrabben" (in de). Natur und Museum 117 (5): 143–150. https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/31503/31503.pdf.
- Perger, R.; Wall, A. (2014). "The description of a new species of the Neotropical land crab genus Gecarcinus Leach, 1814 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Gecarcinidae)". ZooKeys (435): 93–109. doi:10.3897/zookeys.435.7271. PMID 25152688.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1949198 entry
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