title: Gecarcinus nobilii
text: # Gecarcinus nobilii
  
  Gecarcinus nobili is a species of land crab closely related to the halloween moon crab (G. quadratus). It was described in 2014. It is from the Neotropical Pacific coast of northwestern South America.
  
  ## Range and habitat
  
  G. nobilii is found along the South American Pacific coast, from Colombia to Peru. It inhabits the mangrove, tropical rainforest and other habitats that lines the coast.
  
  ## Behavior
  
  It behaves almost indistinguishably from its relative G. quadratus.
  
  