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| {{redirect2|Halloween crab|Halloween moon crab|the species of hermit crab|Halloween hermit crab}} | |||
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| {{Italic title}}{{Taxobox | |||
| | name = ''Gecarcinus quadratus'' | |||
| | image = Gecarcinus quadratus (Nosara).jpg | |||
| | regnum = ]ia | |||
| | phylum = ]a | |||
| | subphylum = ] | |||
| | classis = ] | |||
| | ordo = ] | |||
| | infraordo = ] | |||
| | familia = ] | |||
| | genus = '']'' | |||
| | species = '''''G. quadratus''''' | |||
| | binomial = ''Gecarcinus quadratus'' | |||
| | binomial_authority = ], 1853 | |||
| }} | |||
| '''''Gecarcinus quadratus''''', known as the ''red land crab'',<ref name="Bright">{{cite journal |author=Donald B. Bright & Charles L. Hogue |year=1972 |title=A synopsis of burrowing land crabs of the World and list of their arthropod symbionts and burrow associates |journal=] |volume=220 |url=http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/013600-0.pdf |format=]}}</ref> ''whitespot crab'',<ref name="Bright"/> ''Halloween crab'',<ref name="Firefly">{{cite blog |url=http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2006/05/28/halloween-crab/ |title=Halloween Crab |work=The Firefly Forest |accessdate=July 28, 2011 |author=T. Beth Kinsey}}</ref> ''moon crab'', ''Halloween moon crab'', ''mouthless crab''<ref name="Firefly"/> or ''harlequin land crab'',<ref name="Firefly"/> is a colourful ] from the ] ]. | |||
| ==Distribution== | |||
| ''G. quadratus'' is found in ], sand dunes and rainforest along the ] coast from ] south to ].<ref name=Abele1973>{{cite journal |author=Lawrence G. Abele, Michael H. Robinson & Barbara Robinson |year=1973 |title=Observations on sound productions by two species of crabs from Panama (Decapoda, Gecarcinidae and Pseudothelphusidae) |journal=] |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=147–152 |doi=10.1163/156854073X00795 |url=http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/31468/31468.pdf |format=]}}</ref><ref name=Perger2014>{{cite journal |author=Robert Perger & Adam Wall |year=2014 |title=The description of a new species of the Neotropical land crab genus Gecarcinus Leach, 1814 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Gecarcinidae)|journal=] |volume=435 |pages=93–109 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.435.7271}}</ref> Previously it has also been reported from the Pacific coast of northwestern South America,<ref name=Abele1973/> but in 2014 this population was recognized as a separate species, '']''.<ref name=Perger2014/> | |||
| The ] in relation to the Atlantic '']'' is disputed, with many considering ''G. quadratus'' and ''G. lateralis'' to be ].<ref name=Perger2014/><ref name="Sherman">{{cite journal |author=Peter M. Sherman |year=2006 |title=Influence of land crabs ''Gecarcinus quadratus'' (Gecarcinidae) on distributions of organic carbon and roots in a Costa Rican rain forest |journal=] |volume=54 |issue=1 |pages=149–161 |url=http://www.scielo.sa.cr/pdf/rbt/v54n1/3365.pdf |format=]}}</ref> | |||
| ==Description and behaviour== | |||
| The carapace of ''G. quadratus'' may reach a length of {{convert|5|cm|in}}. It has a pair of largely purple ]s, red-orange legs, and an almost entirely black ] with a pair of yellow, orange or reddish spots behind the eyes, and an additional pair of whitish spots on the central-lower carapace.<ref name="Firefly"/><ref name=Perger2014/> | |||
| This ] crab digs ]s – sometimes as long as {{convert|1.5|m|ft}}<ref name="Sherman"/> – in the coastal ]s of ], and is common along the coasts of ], ], and ]. It lives in the forest at least some of its adult life, but needs to return to the ocean to breed.<ref name="Firefly"/> It is largely ], and consumes ] and ]s.<ref name="Sherman"/> | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| ==External links== | |||
| *{{Commons category-inline|Gecarcinus quadratus|''Gecarcinus quadratus''}} | |||
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