Johngarthia weileri explained

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

Distribution

Johngarthia weileri is found on the coast of Cameroon and on the islands in the Gulf of Guinea.^{[1] [2]}

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.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Jean-Marie Bouchard . Joseph Poupin . amp . 2009 . Éléments d'écologie et nouveau recensement de la population du crabe terrestre Gecarcinus planatus Stimpson,1860 (Decapoda: Brachyura) . French . 333–345 . Loïc Charpy . Clipperton, environnement et biodiversité d'un microcosme océanique . . Patrimoines naturels . 68 . 978-2-85653-612-4 . 2011-10-08 . 2012-04-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120419130735/http://decapoda.ecole-navale.fr/pdf/bouchard-poupin-2009-gecarcinus-clipperton.pdf . dead .
2. Book: Warren W. Burggren . Brian Robert McMahon . amp . 1988 . Biology of the Land Crabs . . . 978-0-521-30690-4 . Richard Hartnoll . Evolution, systematics, and geographical distribution . 6–54 . refHartnoll . https://books.google.com/books?id=RR09AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA26.
3. Raymond B. Manning . Raymond B. Manning . Fenner A. Chace Jr. . Fenner A. Chace Jr. . amp . 1990 . Decapod and stomatopod Crustacea from Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean . . 503 . 1–91 . 10.5479/si.00810282.503.