Decanet taxon details
Gecarcinus ruricola (Linnaeus, 1758)
422185 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:422185)
accepted
Species
Cancer ruricola Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Gecarcinus agricola Reichenbach, 1828 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ocypoda rubra de Fréminville, 1835 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ocypode tourlourou Latreille, 1803 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
recent + fossil
(of Cancer ruricola Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
Depth range Land & Freshwater
Depth range Land & Freshwater [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Gecarcinus ruricola (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=422185 on 2025-09-11
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2009-10-06 12:38:14Z
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original description
(of Cancer ruricola Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Gecarcinus agricola Reichenbach, 1828) Reichenbach, H. G. L. (1828). Allgemeine Taschenbibliothek der Naturwissenschaften. Fünfter Theil. Zoologie oder Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs. Erstes Bändchen. viii + 108 pp. [> May]. Dresden (Hilscher). [details]
original description (of Ocypoda rubra de Fréminville, 1835) de Fréminville, M. (1835). Notice sur les tourlouraux ou crabes de terre des Antilles. <em>Annales des Sciences naturelles, sér. 2 (Zoologie).</em> 3: 213–224. [details]
original description (of Ocypode tourlourou Latreille, 1803) Latreille, P. A. (1803). Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des Crustacés et des Insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite aux Œuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du Cours complet d'Histoire naturelle rédigé par C. S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. <em>Paris, F. Dufart.</em> 6: 1-391, pls. 44-57 [published 18 April 1803 fide Dupuis, 1986]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24882091 [details]
basis of record Felder, D. L., Álvarez. F.,Goy, J.W. & Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea,. <em>Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity.</em> Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details]
original description (of Gecarcinus agricola Reichenbach, 1828) Reichenbach, H. G. L. (1828). Allgemeine Taschenbibliothek der Naturwissenschaften. Fünfter Theil. Zoologie oder Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs. Erstes Bändchen. viii + 108 pp. [> May]. Dresden (Hilscher). [details]
original description (of Ocypoda rubra de Fréminville, 1835) de Fréminville, M. (1835). Notice sur les tourlouraux ou crabes de terre des Antilles. <em>Annales des Sciences naturelles, sér. 2 (Zoologie).</em> 3: 213–224. [details]
original description (of Ocypode tourlourou Latreille, 1803) Latreille, P. A. (1803). Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des Crustacés et des Insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite aux Œuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du Cours complet d'Histoire naturelle rédigé par C. S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. <em>Paris, F. Dufart.</em> 6: 1-391, pls. 44-57 [published 18 April 1803 fide Dupuis, 1986]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24882091 [details]
basis of record Felder, D. L., Álvarez. F.,Goy, J.W. & Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea,. <em>Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity.</em> Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | zombie crabpurple land crabmountain crabblack land crab | [details] |
| German | Halloween-KrabbeHalloweenkrabbeAntillen-Landkrabbe | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (150 publications)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gecarcinus ruricola)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gecarcinus ruricola USNM unrecorded catalog number)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (23 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 056803)
To ITIS
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gecarcinus ruricola)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gecarcinus ruricola USNM unrecorded catalog number)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (23 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 056803)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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