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heterophthalmus

History

Primary Senior Synonym: Uca stylifera
Original Usage: Gelasimus heterophthalmus
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: unknown

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Notes/Comments

Gelasimus heterophthalmus Smith, 1870, is a junior synonym of Uca stylifera (Milne Edwards, 1852).

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