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gibbosa

History

Primary Senior Synonym: Leptuca stenodactylus
Original Usage: Gelasimus gibbosus
Original Source with Priority: Smith, S.I. (1870) Notes on American Crustacea. No. 1. Ocypodoidea. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science 2:113–176.
Derivation: Latin for “hunchbacked.”

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Gelasimus gibbosus Smith, 1870, is a junior synonym of Leptuca stenodactylus (Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1843).

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