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Uca argillicola

Clay Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Uca argillicola: Crane, J. (1941) Eastern Pacific Expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XXVI. Crabs of the genus Uca from the west coast of Central America. Zoologica NY 26:145–208.

Information

Subgenus: Leptuca
Common Names: Clay Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology): Uca (Celuca) argillicola, Uca (Minuca) argillicola, Uca argillicola
Geographic Range: Eastern Pacific: Costa Rica (Gulf of Dulce) to Colombia (Buenaventura); Download SVG line map of ranges. Download SVG line map of point locations.; Map data derived from: Crane (1975); von Prahl (1982)
External Links: Encyclopedia of Life; Wikipedia; iNaturalist; NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank; GBIF

Photos

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Video

Male Uca argillicola feeding outside of burrow: 37 sec., 352 x 240, MP4
Male Uca argillicola retreating into burrow: 14 sec., 352 x 240, MP4
Male Uca argillicola feeding outside of burrow: 25 sec., 352 x 240, MP4

Art

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References

Barnwell & Szelistowski (1985), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Crane (1941), Crane (1947), Crane (1975), Garth (1948), Hendrickx (1995), Landstorfer & Schubart (2010), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), von Hagen (1987)