Johngarthia

Johngarthia
	Johngarthia lagostoma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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]
	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]
	Johngarthia weileri (Sendler, 1912)	Eastern Atlantic Ocean: coast of Cameroon and islands of the Gulf of Guinea^[9]

Notes

^ Nomenclature follows Ng et al. (2008).^[1] Distributions are from Bouchard & Poupin (2009).^[2]

References

^ Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle & Davie, Peter J. F. (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
^ Bouchard, Jean-Marie & Poupin, Joseph (2009). "Éléments d'écologie et nouveau recensement de la population du crabe terrestre Gecarcinus planatus Stimpson, 1860 (Decapoda: Brachyura)" [Elements of ecology and new population census of land crab Gecarcinus planatus Stimpson, 1860 (Decapoda: Brachyura)]. In Charpy, Loïc (ed.). Clipperton, environnement et biodiversité d'un microcosme océanique [Clipperton: Environment and Biodiversity of an Oceanic Microcosm] (PDF). Patrimoines naturels (in French). Vol. 68. Marseille, France: MNHN / Institut de recherche pour le développement. pp. 333–345. ISBN 978-2-85653-612-4. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
^ Gershick, Zsa Zsa (1994-01-10). "USC Biologist, Explorer John Garth Dies". USC News. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
^ Perger, Robert; Vargas, Rita & Wall, Adam (2011). "Johngarthia cocoensis, a new species of Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from Cocos Island, Costa Rica" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2911: 57–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2911.1.4.
^ Milne-Edwards, Henri (1837). "Tribu des gécarciniens". Histoire naturelle des crustacés: comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. Tome deuxième [Natural history of crustaceans: including the anatomy, physiology and classification of these animals. Second volume] (in French). Vol. 2. Paris: Librairie encyclopédique de Roret. p. 27.
^ Faxon, Walter (1893). "Preliminary Descriptions of New Species of Crustacea: Gecarcinus malpilensis, sp. nov". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. XXIV: 157–158. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
^ Perger, Robert (April 2019). "A New Species of Johngarthia from Clipperton and Socorro Islands in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Gecarcinidae)". Pacific Science. 73 (2): 285–304. doi:10.2984/73.2.9. ISSN 0030-8870. S2CID 146030476.
^ Perger, Robert; Cortes, Jorge & Pacheco, Cristian (2013). "Closing a distributional gap of over 3000 km and encountering an invisible barrier: new presence/absence data for Johngarthia planata Stimpson, 1860 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Gecarcinidae) for Central America and biogeographic notes on East Pacific Gecarcinidae". Crustaceana. 86 (3): 268–277. doi:10.1163/15685403-00003172.
^ Sendler, Alexander (1912). "Zehnfusskrebse aus dem Wiesbadener Naturhistorischen Museum" [Decapod crabs from the Natural History Museum in Wiesbaden] (PDF). Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde (in German). 65: 191–194. Retrieved 2023-04-13.

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[3] Nomenclature follows Ng et al. (2008).^[1] Distributions are from Bouchard & Poupin (2009).^[2]

[Ng-1] Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle & Davie, Peter J. F. (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.

[2] Bouchard, Jean-Marie & Poupin, Joseph (2009). "Éléments d'écologie et nouveau recensement de la population du crabe terrestre Gecarcinus planatus Stimpson, 1860 (Decapoda: Brachyura)" [Elements of ecology and new population census of land crab Gecarcinus planatus Stimpson, 1860 (Decapoda: Brachyura)]. In Charpy, Loïc (ed.). Clipperton, environnement et biodiversité d'un microcosme océanique [Clipperton: Environment and Biodiversity of an Oceanic Microcosm] (PDF). Patrimoines naturels (in French). Vol. 68. Marseille, France: MNHN / Institut de recherche pour le développement. pp. 333–345. ISBN 978-2-85653-612-4. Retrieved 2023-04-13.

[4] Gershick, Zsa Zsa (1994-01-10). "USC Biologist, Explorer John Garth Dies". USC News. Retrieved 2023-04-13.

[5] Perger, Robert; Vargas, Rita & Wall, Adam (2011). "Johngarthia cocoensis, a new species of Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from Cocos Island, Costa Rica" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2911: 57–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2911.1.4.

[6] Milne-Edwards, Henri (1837). "Tribu des gécarciniens". Histoire naturelle des crustacés: comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. Tome deuxième [Natural history of crustaceans: including the anatomy, physiology and classification of these animals. Second volume] (in French). Vol. 2. Paris: Librairie encyclopédique de Roret. p. 27.

[7] Faxon, Walter (1893). "Preliminary Descriptions of New Species of Crustacea: Gecarcinus malpilensis, sp. nov". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. XXIV: 157–158. Retrieved 2023-04-13.

[8] Perger, Robert (April 2019). "A New Species of Johngarthia from Clipperton and Socorro Islands in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Gecarcinidae)". Pacific Science. 73 (2): 285–304. doi:10.2984/73.2.9. ISSN 0030-8870. S2CID 146030476.

[9] Perger, Robert; Cortes, Jorge & Pacheco, Cristian (2013). "Closing a distributional gap of over 3000 km and encountering an invisible barrier: new presence/absence data for Johngarthia planata Stimpson, 1860 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Gecarcinidae) for Central America and biogeographic notes on East Pacific Gecarcinidae". Crustaceana. 86 (3): 268–277. doi:10.1163/15685403-00003172.

[10] Sendler, Alexander (1912). "Zehnfusskrebse aus dem Wiesbadener Naturhistorischen Museum" [Decapod crabs from the Natural History Museum in Wiesbaden] (PDF). Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde (in German). 65: 191–194. Retrieved 2023-04-13.

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v t e Extant Gecarcinidae species
Cardisoma	C. armatum C. carnifex C. crassum C. guanhumi
Discoplax	D. gracilipes D. longipes D. magna D. michalis D. rotunda
Epigrapsus	E. notatus E. politus E. villosus
Gecarcinus	G. lateralis G. quadratus G. ruricola G. nobilii
Gecarcoidea	G. lalandii G. natalis
Johngarthia	J. cocoensis J. lagostoma J. malpilensis J. oceanica J. planata J. weileri
Tuerkayana	T. celeste T. hirtipes T. magnum T. rotundum