Gecarcinus nobilii
Gecarcinus nobili is a species of land crab closely related to the halloween moon crab (G. quadratus). It was described in 2014. It is from the Neotropical Pacific coast of northwestern South America.[1]
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| Gecarcinus nobilii Perger & Wall, 2014 | |
Range and habitat
G. nobilii is found along the South American Pacific coast, from Colombia to Peru. It inhabits the mangrove, tropical rainforest and other habitats that lines the coast.
Behavior
It behaves almost indistinguishably from its relative G. quadratus.
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References
- Perger, Robert; Wall, Adam (2014). "The description of a new species of the Neotropical land crab genus Gecarcinus Leach, 1814 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Gecarcinidae)". ZooKeys. 435: 93–109. doi:10.3897/zookeys.435.7271. PMC 4141188. PMID 25152688.
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