Johngarthia oceanica, also known as the Clipperton crab, is a bright orange species of land crab that lives on Clipperton Island and on Socorro Island in the Revillagigedo Islands off Mexico in the tropical eastern Pacific. Prior to 2019, J. oceanica was considered a subspecies of J. planata, however, a reexamination determined the land crabs on the oceanic islands to be a separate species. J. oceanica differs from J. planata in the shape of the mesial lobe of the infraorbital margin and the color of its carapace.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Clipperton 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
- Johngarthia lagostoma
- Gecarcinus ruricola
- Hartnollius nobilii
- Johngarthia planata
- Gecarcoidea natalis
- Hartnollius quadratus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Gecarcinidae
- Genus
- Johngarthia
- Species
- Johngarthia oceanica
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