Johngarthia weileri

Johngarthia weileri is a species of land crab in the genus Johngarthia from the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

Johngarthia weileri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Gecarcinidae
Genus:
Johngarthia
Species:
J. weileri
Binomial name
Johngarthia weileri
(Sendler, 1912)
Synonyms [1]
  • Gecarcinus weileri Sendler, 1912
  • Pelocarcinus weileri Sendler, 1912

Distribution

Johngarthia weileri is found on the coast of Cameroon and on the islands in the Gulf of Guinea.[2][3]

Taxonomy

Gecarcinus weileri was described by Alexander Sendler in 1912, but was treated for a long time as a synonym of G. lagostoma. The two were separated by Michael Türkay in 1973, and placed in the subgenus Johngarthia, which was raised to the rank of genus in 1987 by the same author.[4]

References
  1. Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (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. Jean-Marie Bouchard & Joseph Poupin (2009). "Éléments d'écologie et nouveau recensement de la population du crabe terrestre Gecarcinus planatus Stimpson,1860 (Decapoda: Brachyura)". In Loïc Charpy (ed.). Clipperton, environnement et biodiversité d'un microcosme océanique (PDF). Patrimoines naturels (in French). Vol. 68. MNHN / IRD. pp. 333–345. ISBN 978-2-85653-612-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  3. Richard Hartnoll (1988). "Evolution, systematics, and geographical distribution". In Warren W. Burggren & Brian Robert McMahon (eds.). Biology of the Land Crabs. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. pp. 6–54. ISBN 978-0-521-30690-4.
  4. Raymond B. Manning & Fenner A. Chace Jr. (1990). "Decapod and stomatopod Crustacea from Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 503: 1–91. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.503.
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