Aratus pacificus
Author: | Thiercelin & Schubart, 2014 |
Family: | Sesarmidae |
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Geographical distribution: Tropical eastern Pacific coastline, from Baja California to Peru (Beever et al.1979), although only specimens between Costa Rica and Ecuador have had their identity confirmed in the present study.
(Thiercelin, N.; Schubart, C. D. (2014). Transisthmian differentiation in the tree-climbing mangrove crab Aratus H. Milne Edwards, 1853 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Sesarmidae), with description of a new species from the tropical eastern Pacific. Zootaxa. 3793(5): 545-560.)