Tuerkayana

Tuerkayana is a genus of large land crabs.

It was created from two members of the genus Cardisoma and two members of Discoplax in late 2018 after a re-examination of the taxonomy of the family Gecarcinidae.

Said re-examination also resulted in the creation of the new family Leptograpsodidae for the genus Leptograpsodes.

[1] The genus Tuerkayana comprises these four species:[1]

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