Gecarcinus ruricola

Gecarcinus ruricola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Gecarcinidae
Genus: Gecarcinus
Species:
G. ruricola
Binomial name
Gecarcinus ruricola
Synonyms [2]
  • Cancer ruricolus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Ocypode tourlourou Latreille, 1803
  • Gecarcinus agricola Reichenbach, 1828
  • Ocypode rubra Fréminville, 1835

Gecarcinus ruricola is a species of terrestrial crab. It is the most terrestrial of the Caribbean land crabs,[3] and is found from western Cuba across the Antilles as far east as Barbados. Common names for G. ruricola include the purple land crab,[1] black land crab,[3] red land crab,[4] and zombie crab.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Gecarcinus ruricola". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b Richard G. Hartnoll; Mark S. P. Baine; Yolima Grandas; Jennifer James & Helen Atkin (2006). "Population biology of the black land crab, Gecarcinus ruricola, in the San Andres archipelago, Western Caribbean". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 26 (3): 316–325. doi:10.1651/C-2640.1.
  4. ^ "Red land crab Gecarcinus ruricola". Spectrum of Life. American Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on November 24, 2010. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
  5. ^ M. Kettunen; P. Genovesi; S. Gollasch; S. Pagad; U. Starfinger; P. ten Brink; C. Shine (2008). Technical support to EU strategy on invasive species (IAS) - Assessment of the impacts of IAS in Europe and the EU (final module report for the European Commission) (PDF). Brussels, Belgium: Institute for European Environmental Policy. pp. 44 + annexes.