Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Gecarcinidae - Gecarcinus

Gecarcinus planatus Stimpson, 1860


Distribution : Eastern Pacific, gulf of California to Colombia (Gorgonas) and Oceanic Islands: Baja California Sur, Revillagigedo (Clarion, San Benedicto, Socorro), Clipperton.

Remarks : Carapace 69x80 mm.


Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Clipperton (land crab, very common).

Regional Records: CLIPPERTON - Gecarcoidea lalandei - Lenz, 1901: 473 (Clipperton) [Non G. lalandii H. Milne Edwards, 1837 (cf. Garth, 1965)]. - Geocarcinus planatus - Hertlein & Emerson, 1957: 5 (Clipperton). - Gecarcinus planatus - Rathbun, 1918: 356, pls 121, 122 (Clipperton, Socorro). - Schmitt, 1939a: 24 (Clipperton). - Garth, 1965: 35 (Clipperton) - Richard et al., 1968: 8 (Clipperton). - Hendrickx, 1995b: 139 (distribution). - Pérez-Chi, 2005: 255 (Socorro ; écologie). - Poupin et al., 2007 (Clipperton new coll.). - Gecarcinus (Johngarthia) planatus - Türkay, 1970: 346 (Clipperton, specimens USNM). - Hendrickx, 1995f: 598 (écologie).

References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) - PDF 412 Ko
Since November 2012, this database is updated in CRUSTA database - http://crustiesfroverseas.free.fr/