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Gecarcinidae. Genus: Gecarcinus. Species: G. quadratus. Binomial name. Gecarcinus quadratus. De Saussure, 1853. Gecarcinus quadratus, known as the red land crab, [1] whitespot crab, [1] Halloween crab, [2] moon crab, Halloween moon crab, mouthless crab, [2] or harlequin land crab, [2] is a colourful land crab from the family Gecarcinidae.
Matutidae is a family of crabs, sometimes called moon crabs, [2] adapted for swimming or digging. They differ from the swimming crabs of the family Portunidae in that all five pairs of legs are flattened, rather than just the last pair, as in Portunidae. Crabs in the Matutidae are aggressive predators. [3]
Matuta victor, also known as the common moon crab, is a species of crab belonging to the family Matutidae. It is a medium-sized coastal crab, native to the warm beaches of the Indo-Pacific. It has also been introduced to the Mediterranean Sea . Like other crabs in the family Matutidae, all five pairs of legs are flattened, adapted for rapid ...
Matuta planipes is a species of moon crab in the family Matutidae. [1] It is a small colorful crab with flattened limbs. [2][3] Matuta planipes, in contrast to other species of crabs inhale pure oxygen-water through an area near their eye sockets. This species of crabs enjoy spending their daytime hidden under some sort of shade such as a sand ...
Gecarcinus lateralis. (Freminville, 1835) Gecarcinus lateralis, also known by the common names blackback land crab, Bermuda land crab, red land crab (leading to easy confusion with Gecarcoidea natalis) and moon crab (leading to easy confusion with G. quadratus and Cardisoma spp.), is a colourful crab from the family Gecarcinidae.
The Christmas Island red crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) is a species of land crab that is endemic to Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean. [1][2] Although restricted to a relatively small area, an estimated 43.7 million adult red crabs once lived on Christmas Island alone, [3] but the accidental introduction of the ...
The Florida stone crab (Menippe mercenaria) is a crab found in the western North Atlantic, from Connecticut to Colombia, including Texas, the Gulf of Mexico, Belize, Mexico, Jamaica, Cuba, The Bahamas, and the East Coast of the United States. The crab can also be found in and around the salt marshes of South Carolina and Georgia.
Ocypode rubra Fréminville, 1835. Gecarcinus ruricola is a species of terrestrial crab. It is the most terrestrial of the Caribbean land crabs, [3] and is found from western Cuba across the Antilles as far east as Barbados. Common names for G. ruricola include the purple land crab, [1] black land crab, [3] red land crab, [4] and zombie crab.