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Clipperton Crab

Johngarthia planata

Classification

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. Prior to 2019, Clipperton crabs, the land crabs on Clipperton Island in the eastern Pacific and on Socorro Island…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Mexico · 128