Habitat use, non-breeding groupings and chromatic pattern in Johngarthia lagostoma (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (Decapoda, Gecarcinidae) in Trindade Island, South Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Neotropical Biology and Conservation
• Main Authors: Entringer Jr,Hilton, Srbek-Araujo,Ana Carolina
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2023
• Subjects: Chromatic variation; founder effect; insular environment; land crab; natural history; oceanic islands; Ascension Islands; Rocas; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/neotropical.18.e101409; https://neotropical.pensoft.net/article/101409/

The land crab Johngarthia lagostoma is endemic to Trindade Island, Atol das Rocas, Fernando de Noronha and Ascension Islands. The natural history of the species in non-breeding periods is little known. Therefore, here we reported the formation of non-breeding groups and evaluated the chromatic popul...