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Johngarthia
Sign in to saveJohngarthia is a genus of crabs in the land crab family Gecarcinidae, formerly included in the genus Gecarcinus, and containing six species. The genus bears the name of John S. Garth, a 20th century naturalist who specialized in crabs and other arthropods.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Johngarthia is referenced by 27 other articles, and connects out to Mexico, Colombia and Animalia.
Vinony files it under Grapsoidea and Terrestrial crustaceans.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
East Pacific Land Crab
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyGecarcinidae
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- Gecarcinidae
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- Johngarthia lagostoma yellow.jpg
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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 bears the name of John S. Garth, a 20th century naturalist who specialized in crabs and other arthropods.
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Image !! Name !! Distribution |- | || Johngarthia cocoensis Perger, Vargas & Wall, 2011 || Eastern Pacific Ocean: Cocos Island off Costa Rica |- |120px || Johngarthia lagostoma (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) || Southern Atlantic Ocean: Ascension Island, Ilha Trindade, Fernando de Noronha, and Atol das Rocas |- | || Johngarthia malpilensis (Faxon, 1893)|| Eastern Pacific Ocean: Malpelo Island |- |120px ||Johngarthia oceanica Perger, 2019(Clipperton crab) |Eastern Pacific Ocean: Clipperton Island, Socorro Island (Revillagigedo Islands) |- |120px ||Johngarthia planata (Stimpson, 1860) || Eastern Pacific Ocean: Gulf of California, Costa Rica (Colorada, Cano and Nairita Islands), Colombia (Gorgona Island), and continental mainland beaches of Mexico (Oaxaca, Guerrero, Colima, Nayarit, Jalisco and Sinaloa) |- |120px || Johngarthia weileri (Sendler, 1912)|| Eastern Atlantic Ocean: coast of Cameroon and islands of the Gulf of Guinea |- |}
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