Black Land Crab Gecarcinus lateralis

Photo: Mark Yokoyama

Classification

Gecarcinidae [family]

Gecarcinus [genus] (3)

lateralis [species]

Classification

Gecarcinidae [family]

Gecarcinus [genus] (3)

lateralis [species]

Names

English name	Black Land Crab
Valid name	Gecarcinus lateralis (Guérin, 1832)

Classification

Animalia [kingdom] Animals
- Arthropoda [phylum] Arthropods
  - Crustacea [subphylum]
    - Malacostraca [class]
      - Decapoda [order] Shrimps, Lobsters and Crabs
        
        Pleocyemata [suborder]
        
        Brachyura [infraorder] True Crabs
        
        Grapsoidea [superfamily]
        
        Gecarcinidae [family] Land Crabs
        
        Gecarcinus Leach, 1814 [genus]
        
        Gecarcinus lateralis (Guérin, 1832) [species] Black Land Crab