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Halloween Crab
Gecarcinus quadratus De Saussure, 1853

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Malacostraca »  order Decapoda - crayfish »  family Gecarcinidae »  genus Gecarcinus

Other names

= Colourful land crab
= Halloween Land Crab
= Halloween Moon Crab
= Harlequin Land Crab
= Moon Crab
= Mouthless Crab
= Purple Moon Crab
= Red Land Crab
= Whitespot Crab

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Gecarcinus quadratus - Halloween Crab

Gecarcinus quadratus - Halloween Crab

Gecarcinus quadratus - Halloween Crab

Gecarcinus quadratus - Halloween Crab

Gecarcinus quadratus - Halloween Crab

Gecarcinus quadratus - Halloween Crab

Gecarcinus quadratus - Halloween Crab

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Gecarcinus quadratus - Halloween Crab

Gecarcinus quadratus - Halloween Crab

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North America: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama

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Links and literature

DE Zootier-Lexikon [7335:crustacea-decapoda-gecarcinidae-gecarcinus&Itemid=729#quadratus]

Dollinger P.: Zootier-Lexikon [as Gecarcinus quadratus]
Data retrieved on: 7 January 2021
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