Johngarthia planata is a bright orange species of land crab that lives on inshore islands and the continental mainland coast of the tropical and subtropical Pacific coast of the Americas, including the Gulf of California, Costa Rica (Colorada, Cano and Nairita Islands), Colombia (Gorgona Island), and continental mainland beaches of Mexico (Oaxaca, Guerrero, Colima, Nayarit, Jalisco and Sinaloa). The crabs are omnivorous and feed on seaweed (algae), vegetation and sometimes carrion.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of East Pacific Land Crab being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Gecarcoidea natalis
- Johngarthia oceanica
- Johngarthia lagostoma
- Gecarcinus ruricola
- Nanhaipotamon hongkongense
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Gecarcinidae
- Genus
- Johngarthia
- Species
- Johngarthia planata
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