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Johngarthia

Guinot, Danièle;Ng, Ngan Kee;Rodríguez Moreno, Paula A.

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Johngarthia

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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.

Species

East Pacific Land Crab

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassMalacostraca
  4. OrderDecapoda
  5. FamilyGecarcinidae
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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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