Discover a faster, simpler path to publishing in a high-quality journal. PLOS ONE promises fair, rigorous peer review, broad scope, and wide readership – a perfect fit for your research every time.
Learn More Submit Now
Click through the PLOS taxonomy to find articles in your field.
For more information about PLOS Subject Areas, click here.
< Back to Article
Distribution of Oceanic land crabs.
More »
Geograpsus severnsi, holotype male (USNM 539,738).
Scale: 10 mm.
Right chelae of G. crinipes (top; UF AR 2166), G. grayi (middle UF AR 2381), and G. severnsi (bottom, USNM GS-2).
Geograpsus severnsi, a large major chela (USNM GS-3).
Geograpsus severnsi, male (top; UF IP 168,821) and female (bottom; UF IP 168,822) 4th (and 5th – top) sternites.
Endostome of G. crinipes (top; UF AR 2166), G. grayi (middle UF AR 2381), and G. severnsi (bottom USNM GS-12).
Scale: 2 mm.
Distribution of fossil Geograpsus specimens.
Claw length (L) vs. height (H) in right (orange diamonds) and left (blue circles) claws of G. severnsi.
Meristics of sternum.
Claw height (H) vs. length of dorsal claw margin (T) in mm.
Claw height (H) vs. claw length (L) in mm.
Palm length (B) vs. fixed finger length (F) in mm.
Anterior width (TW) vs. height (H) of 4th sternite in mm.
Meristics of Geograpsus species.
Regression between widths of carapace and posterior width of 4th sternite (BW) in Geograpsus, with estimated carapace widths of G. severnsi plotted on regression obtained from living species.
Geograpsus crinipes devouring swiftlet, Palau (photo courtesy of Mandy Etpison).
Character states.
Single most parsimony tree with 10,000 bootstrap replicates for morphological data from all Geograpsus species.
Measurements taken from chelae and sternites.