Johngarthia

Johngarthia
Johngarthia lagostoma
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Gecarcinidae
Genus: Johngarthia
Türkay, 1970
Type species
Gecarcinus planatus
Stimpson, 1860

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.

ImageNameDistribution
Johngarthia cocoensis Perger, Vargas & Wall, 2011Eastern Pacific Ocean: Cocos Island off Costa Rica
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
Johngarthia oceanica Perger, 2019
(Clipperton crab)
Eastern Pacific Ocean: Clipperton Island, Socorro Island (Revillagigedo Islands)
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)
Johngarthia weileri (Sendler, 1912)Eastern Atlantic Ocean: coast of Cameroon and islands of the Gulf of Guinea
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