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land crab

n.
Any of various terrestrial crabs of the family Gecarcinidae of tropical regions, having a large squarish body.

land crab

n
(Animals) any of various crabs, esp of the tropical family Gecarcinidae, that are adapted to a partly terrestrial life
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Observations on sound production by two species of crabs from Panama (Decapoda, Gecarcinidae and Pseudothelphusidae).
Sound production in the aquatic isopod Cymodoce japonica (Crustacea: Peracarida)
Milne Edwards, 1837) GRA-011 Sesarma rhisophorae Rathbun, 1906 Familia Gecarcinidae GEC-001 Cardisoma crassum Smith, 1870 Familia Ocypodidae ** OCY-001 Ucides occidentalis (Ortman, 1897) OCY-002 Uca (Uca) princeps princeps (Smith, 1870) OCY-003 Uca (Leptuca) musica musica Rathbun, 1914 OCY-004 Ocypode occidentalis Stimpson, 1860 OCY-005 Uca (Minuca) vocator ecuadoriensis Maccagno, 1928 OCY-006 Uca (Leptuca) crenulata crenulata Lockington, 1877 OCY-007 Uca (Leptuca) latimanus (Rathbun, 1893) OCY-008 Uca (Minuca) zacae Crane, 1941
Crustaceos decapodos de la coleccion de invertebrados marinos del laboratorio de ecologia del Instituto Tecnologico de los Mochis (ITLM)
The Grapsidae, Gecarcinidae and Palicidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) of the Red Sea.
Description of the first zoeal stage of Geograpsus crinipes (Dana, 1851) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Grapsidae) from the Red Sea
Rathbun, 1900) Ocypode Cuadrata (Fabricius, 1787) Gecarcinidae Cardisoma Guanhumi (Lateille, 1828) Callapidae Paracyclois Atlantis (Chace, 1939) Carpilidae Carpilius Coralinus (J.
Cangrejos en el delta del rio Rancheria, Riohacha (Colombia) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)
Species Family Saline range Superfamily Cardisoma armatum Gecarcinidae 15-35 (Herklots, 1851) Grapsoidea Cardisoma guanhumi Gecarcinidae 20-40 (Latreille, 1828) Grapsoidea Aratus pisonii (H.
The effects of temperature and salinity on the survival, growth and duration of the larval development of the common spider crab Maja brachydactyla (Balss, 1922) (Brachyura: Majidae)
Britton JC, Kroh GC, Golighily C (1982) Biomettic and ecological relationships in two sympatric Caribbean Gecarcinidae (Crustacea: Decapoda).
Densidad y estructura poblacional del cangrejo Gecarcinus lateralis en un bosque tropical subcaducifolio en Veracruz, Mexico
2 0,15 1 0,14 Paguridae 2 0,07 1 0,14 Gecarcinidae 1 0,01 1 0,07 Majidae 11 0,52 8 0,77 Mithrax arnatus 1 0,01 1 0,07 Mithrax sp.
Habitos alimentarios e interacciones troficas de Anisotremus interruptus (Pisces: Haemulidae) y Lutjanus argentiventris (Pisces: Lutjanidae) en el Pacifico Central Mexicano

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