Key Identification Features
- planata, but a reexamination of specimens determined that the land crabs living on these oceanic islands constitute a distinct separate species.
- Gecarcinus quadratus has unique morphological features that set it apart from other closely related species in the family Gecarcinidae.
- Adult females have a much broader abdomen, a feature that only becomes apparent when individuals are over 3 years old, and females usually have smaller claws.
- Tuerkayana hirtipes can be told apart from species in the genus Discoplax by its smooth, distinctly inflated carapace.
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