Johngarthia
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| Johngarthia | |
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| Johngarthia lagostoma | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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.[Note 1] The genus bears the name of John S. Garth, a 20th century naturalist who specialized in crabs and other arthropods.[3]
| Image | Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| Johngarthia cocoensis Perger, Vargas & Wall, 2011 | Eastern Pacific Ocean: Cocos Island off Costa Rica[4] | |
 | Johngarthia lagostoma (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) | Southern Atlantic Ocean: Ascension Island, Ilha Trindade, Fernando de Noronha, and Atol das Rocas[5] |
| Johngarthia malpilensis (Faxon, 1893) | Eastern Pacific Ocean: Malpelo Island[6] | |
 | Johngarthia oceanica Perger, 2019 (Clipperton crab) |
Eastern Pacific Ocean: Clipperton Island, Socorro Island (Revillagigedo Islands)[7] |
_(8575065932).jpg) | 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)[8] |
_on_the_beach_(20942353943).jpg) | Johngarthia weileri (Sendler, 1912) | Eastern Atlantic Ocean: coast of Cameroon and islands of the Gulf of Guinea[9] |
