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Gelasimus vocans

De Kay (1844)

Gelasimus vocans: De Kay (1844) image
This drawing is from De Kay (1844). He called this species Gelasimus vocans. It is almost certainly Leptuca pugilator. A second figure of a "Variety A" is probably Minuca pugnax. Note that the major claw is drawn backwards (i.e., it is a right major claw on a left-handed crab). This figure was probably based on a collected specimen missing the major cheliped and the one they replaced it with for the drawing was a right (and not a left) major cheliped.