-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Crustaceans (Subphylum Crustacea)

-Typical Crustaceans (Superclass Multicrustacea)

-Malacostracans (Class Malacostraca)

-Decapods, Isopods, and Allies (Subclass Eumalacostraca)

-Decapods and Krill (Superorder Eucarida)

-Decapods (Order Decapoda)

-Crabs, Lobsters, Shrimps, and Allies (Suborder Pleocyemata)

-True Crabs (Infraorder Brachyura)​​​

-Eubrachyuran Crabs (Zoosection Eubrachyura)

-Thoracotrematan Crabs (Zoosubsection Thoracotremata)

-Land, Shore, and Marsh Crabs (Superfamily Grapsoidea)

-​Land Crabs (Family Gecarcinidae)

-Genus Johngarthia

-East Pacific Land Crab (Johngarthia planata)

Johngarthia planata (East Pacific Land Crab) is a bright orange species of terrestrial crab that lives on the tropical and subtropical Pacific coast of the Americas, from California to Colombia. These crabs are omnivorous and feed on seaweed (algae), vegetation and sometimes carrion.