Abstract
The yellow crab, Johngarthia lagostoma occurs only in islands, being in Brazil in Atol das Rocas (Rio Grande do Norte), Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha (Pernambuco), islands of Trindade and Martim Vaz (Espírito Santo) and Ascension British island in the South Atlantic Ocean. This crustacean presents its young and adults with typically terrestrial habit, the adults go to the sea only fo…