Gecarcinus nobilii
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| image = Gecarcinus nobilii live B.jpg
| image_caption = Male G. nobilii
| genus = Gecarcinus
| species = nobilii
| authority = Perger & Wall, 2014
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Gecarcinus nobili, also known as the Red land crab, Ghostly moon crab, or Colombian land crab, is a species of land crab closely related to the halloween moon crab (G. quadratus). It was described in 2014. It is from the Neotropical Pacific coast of northwestern South America.{{cite journal|last1=Perger|first1=Robert|last2=Wall|first2=Adam|title=The description of a new species of the Neotropical land crab genus Gecarcinus Leach, 1814 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Gecarcinidae)|journal=ZooKeys|date=2014|issue=435|pages=93–109|doi=10.3897/zookeys.435.7271|pmid=25152688|pmc=4141188|doi-access=free}}
Range and habitat
G. nobilii is found along the South American Pacific coast, from Colombia to Peru. It inhabits the mangrove, tropical rainforest and other habitats that lines the coast.{{cn|date=December 2024}}
Behavior
It behaves almost indistinguishably from its relative G. quadratus.{{cn|date=December 2024}}
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Category:Crustaceans described in 2014
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