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"Halloween crab" and "Halloween moon crab" redirect here. For the species of hermit crab, see
Halloween hermit crab .
Gecarcinus quadratus red land crab ,[1] whitespot crab ,[1] Halloween crab ,[2] moon crab , Halloween moon crab , mouthless crab ,[2] or harlequin land crab ,[2] land crab from the family Gecarcinidae .
Distribution [ edit ]
Gecarcinus quadratus is found in mangroves , sand dunes, and rainforests along the Pacific coast from Mexico south to Panama .[3] [4] [3] G. nobili [4]
The taxonomy in relation to the Atlantic G. lateralis G. quadratus and G. lateralis to be conspecific .[4] [5]
Description [ edit ]
Gecarcinus quadratus in Panama
The carapace of G. quadratus may reach a length of 5 cm (2.0 in ). It has a pair of largely purple claws , red-orange legs, and an almost entirely black carapace with a pair of yellow, orange, purple or reddish spots behind the eyes, and an additional pair of whitish spots on the central-lower carapace.[2] [4]
Behaviour [ edit ]
This nocturnal crab digs burrows —sometimes as long as 1.5 m (4.9 ft )[5] rainforests of Mexico and Central America , and is common along the coasts of Mexico, Costa Rica , Panama , and Nicaragua . It lives in the forest for at least some of its adult life, but needs to return to the ocean to breed.[2] herbivorous and consumes leaf litter and seedlings .[5]
References [ edit ]
^ a b c d e T. Beth Kinsey. "Halloween Crab" . The Firefly Forest . Retrieved July 28, 2011 .
^ a b Lawrence G. Abele, Michael H. Robinson & Barbara Robinson (1973). "Observations on sound productions by two species of crabs from Panama (Decapoda, Gecarcinidae and Pseudothelphusidae)" (PDF) . Crustaceana 25 2 ): 147–152. doi :10.1163/156854073X00795 .
^ a b c d Robert Perger & Adam Wall (2014). "The description of a new species of the Neotropical land crab genus Gecarcinus Leach, 1814 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Gecarcinidae)" . ZooKeys Bibcode :2014ZooK..435...93P . doi :10.3897/zookeys.435.7271 PMC 4141188 PMID 25152688 .
^ a b c Peter M. Sherman (2006). "Influence of land crabs Gecarcinus quadratus (Gecarcinidae) on distributions of organic carbon and roots in a Costa Rican rain forest" . Revista de Biología Tropical 54 1 ): 149–161. PMID 18457184 .
External links [ edit ]
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gecarcinus_quadratus&oldid=1218561925 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● G r a p s o i d e a ● T e r r e s t r i a l c r u s t a c e a n s ● C r u s t a c e a n s d e s c r i b e d i n 1 8 5 3 H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n i s d i f f e r e n t f r o m W i k i d a t a ● A r t i c l e s w i t h ' s p e c i e s ' m i c r o f o r m a t s ● C o m m o n s c a t e g o r y l i n k i s o n W i k i d a t a
● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 1 2 A p r i l 2 0 2 4 , a t 1 3 : 1 2 ( U T C ) . ● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
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