Johngarthia

Updated on Jan 12, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Malacostraca Family Gecarcinidae Rank Genus		Subphylum Crustacea Infraorder Brachyura Phylum Arthropoda Order Decapoda

Similar Johngarthia lagostoma, Gecarcinus, Decapoda, Gecarcinidae, Discoplax hirtipes

O caranguejo amarelo caranguejo ladr o johngarthia lagostoma syn gecarcinus lagostoma

Johngarthia is a genus of crabs in the land crab family Gecarcinidae, formerly included in the genus Gecarcinus, and containing the following five species:

Johngarthia cocoensis Perger, Vargas & Wall, 2011 – eastern Pacific Ocean: Cocos Island off Costa Rica

Johngarthia lagostoma (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) – southern Atlantic Ocean: Ascension Island, Ilha Trindade, Fernando de Noronha & Atol das Rocas

Johngarthia malpilensis (Faxon, 1893) – eastern Pacific Ocean: Malpelo Island

Johngarthia planata (Stimpson, 1860) – eastern Pacific Ocean: Gulf of California, Revillagigedo Islands, Clipperton Island, Costa Rica (Colorada, Cano and Nairita Islands), Colombia (Gorgona Island) & continental mainland beaches of Mexico (Oaxaca, Guerrero, Colima, Nayarit, Jalisco and Sinaloa)

Johngarthia weileri (Sendler, 1912) – eastern Atlantic Ocean: coast of Cameroon and islands of the Gulf of Guinea

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Johngarthia Wikipedia

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