Summary[
edit] Description: English: 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 (often recognized as a separate species, Gecarcinus quadratus): Costa Rica, Playa Hermosa: G male, CW 58 mm H male, CW 38 mm. Date: 2014. Source: Perger R, Wall A (2014) The description of a new species of the Neotropical land crab genus Gecarcinus Leach, 1814 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Gecarcinidae). ZooKeys 435: 93-109.
doi:10.3897/zookeys.435.7271. Author: Robert Perger and Adam Wall. Other versions:
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