Gecarcoidea H. Milne Edwards 1837

Gecarcoidea

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Gecarcoidea is genus of terrestrial crabs. The crabs live in forests but must come to the coast to breed. When it is dry in the summer the crabs are inactive, but when it is the wet season they are ready to migrate.

Two species are recognised:^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle & Davie, Peter J. F. (2008-01-31). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-06-06 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

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Gecarcoidea: Brief Summary

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Gecarcoidea is genus of terrestrial crabs. The crabs live in forests but must come to the coast to breed. When it is dry in the summer the crabs are inactive, but when it is the wet season they are ready to migrate.

Two species are recognised:

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