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Figure 3.Gecarcinus nobilii sp. n., holotype, male, carapace width 31 mm, Ecuador, Punta Galera (LACM CR 1968-477), preserved in alcohol (color faded): A dorsal view B frontal view C ventral view. Paratype, female, Ecuador, St. Elena (MNHN, B12314), preserved in alcohol (color faded): D carapace front E frontal view F ventral view.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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Platychirograpsus typicus, male (19803), Dorsaw view.
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Pachygrapsus maurus.
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Sesarma (Holometopus) rectum.
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Figure 4.Gecarcinus nobilii sp. n., color in life; Colombia: Gorgona Island A male, photo by Karla Garcia Burneo (Peru) B, C male, photos by Rhett A. Butler (USA) D female, Buenaventura dept., Chucheros Beach, photo by Elena Gómez E sex unknown, Chocó dept., Nuquí prov., Canangucho Forest Reserve. Ecuador: F sex unknown, Manabí prov., Ayampe, photo by David Liebman (USA). Captive individuals from the pet trade, origin unknown: G sex unknown, photo by Oliver Mengedoht (Germany) H, I females, photos by John Beatty (USA) (the individual shown above in Fig. 1 belongs to the Pacific population of Gecarcinus lateralis (sensu Türkay 1973), please note the differences in the mesial lobe of the infraorbital margin).
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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Chasmagnathus granulata.
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Sesarma (Holometopus) cinereum.
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Figure 5.Dorsal carapace pattern (shape of light patches could vary slightly): Gecarcinus lateralis (Freminville 1835) (sensu Türkay 1973): A Pacific coast of Central America. Atlantic coast of Central America: B form with lateral margin (M) on dorsal carapace and orange patches at anterolateral (AP) and posterior (PP) carapace border; C form without lateral margin on dorsal carapace D Gecarcinus nobilii sp. n.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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Sesarma (Holometopus) miersii.
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Figure 6.A–C lectotype of Gecarcinus lateralis (Freminville, 1835), male, carapace width 47.2 mm, Guadeloupe (MNHN-3758) (dried specimen, color faded) D–F syntype of Gecarcinus quadratus Saussure, 1853, male, carapace width 39.7 mm, Mexico, Mazatlan (ANSP-CA3741) (dried specimen, color faded) (photos by Paul Callomon, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia).
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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Sesarma (Holometopus) miersii iheringi.
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Figure 8.Gecarcinus lateralis (Freminville, 1835) (sensu Türkay 1973), dorsal view, color in life, in hard-shell condition. Atlantic coast, Costa Rica, Puerto Viejo, showing the forms limiting the range of color variability: A male, carapace width (CW) 39 mm B male, CW 29 mm C female, CW 32 mm D male, CW 44 mm E male, CW 47 mm F female, CW 33 mm. Pacific coast: Costa Rica, Playa Hermosa: G male, CW 58 mm H male, CW 38 mm.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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Sesarma (Holometopus) magdalenense.
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Figure 7.Gecarcinus lateralis (Freminville, 1835) (sensu Türkay 1973), frontal and lateral views, color in life, in hard-shell condition. Atlantic coast: Costa Rica, Puerto Viejo: A male, carapace width (CW) 44 mm B, C male, CW 29 mm D female with contrasting dorso- and ventrolateral color, CW 32 mm. Pacific coast: Costa Rica, Playa Hermosa: E male, CW 58 mm F male, CW 38 mm.
