Gecarcinidae


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Gecarcinidae

[‚jē·kär′sin·ə‚dē]
(invertebrate zoology)
The true land crabs, a family of decapod crustaceans belonging to the Brachygnatha.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Ampliacion de la distribucion sur de Ucides occidentalis (Decapoda: Ucididae) y Cardisoma crassum (Decapoda: Gecarcinidae).
Notas sobre taxonomia, biologia y pesqueria de Ucides occidentalis (Brachyur Ocypodidae) con enfasis en el Golfo de Guayaquil, Ecuador
Larval morphology and salinity tolerance of a land crab from West Africa, Cardisoma Armatum (Brachyura: Grapsoidea: Gecarcinidae).
ON TYPES OF SEXUAL MATURITY IN BRACHYURANS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SIZE AT THE ONSET OF SEXUAL MATURITY
Interpopulational morphological analyses and fluctuating asymmetry in the brackish crab Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille (Decapoda, Gecarcinidae), on the Brazilian Northeast coastline.
Population biology and color patterns of the blue land crab, Cardisoma guanhumi (Latreille 1828) (Crustacea: Gecarcinidae) in the Northeastern Brazil/Biologia Populacional e padroes de coloracao do caranguejo terrestre, Cardisoma guanhumi (Latreille 1828) (Crustacea: Gecarcinidae) no Nordeste do Brasil
Land crabs, including the gecarcinids (Brachyura, Gecarcinidae) and hermits (Anomura, Coenobitidae) are often dominant consumers on tropical islands (Louda and Zedler 1985, Green 1997).
Control of seedling recruitment by land crabs in rain forest on a remote oceanic island
Expansion of southern distributional range of Ucides occidentalis (Decapoda: Ucididae) and Cardisoma crassum (Decapoda: Gecarcinidae)
Ampliacion de la distribucion sur de Ucides occidentalis (Decapoda: Ucididae) y Cardisoma crassum (Decapoda: Gecarcinidae)
Reproductive biology of the land crab Cardisoma guanhumi (Decapoda: Gecarcinidae) in north-eastern Brazil.
First record and preliminary information on the biology of the deep-sea African crab, Chaceon gordonae (Ingle, 1985) (Brachyura: Geryonidae) in Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, Brazil
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)
Morphology of the female genital ducts of the blue land crab Cardisoma guanhumi (Crustacea: Brachyura: Gecarcinidae).
Morphological changes in the seminal receptacle during ovarian development in the speckled swimming crab Arenaeus cribrarius
La mosca del cangrejo terrestre Cardisoma crassum Smith (Crustacea: Gecarcinidae) en la Isla del Coco, Costa Rica.
Macroinvertebrados dulceacuicolas de la Isla del Coco, Costa Rica: especies y comparacion con otras islas del Pacifico Tropical Oriental
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