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Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus

Green-eyed Fiddler Crab

Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus

Type Description

Gelasimus chlorophthalmus
Milne Edwards, H. (1837) Historie naturelle des crustaces comprenant l-anatomie, la physiologie et las classification des ces animaux, Volume 2. Paris.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe GelasiminiGenus Paraleptuca
Common Names
English: Green-eyed Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Gelasimus amazonensis, Gelasimus chlorophthalmus, Paraleptuca chlorophthalma, Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus, Paraleptuca clorophthalmus, Uca amazonensis, Uca chlorophthalma, Uca chlorophthalmus, Uca chlorophthalmus chlorophthalmus, Uca clorophthalmus
Size
Medium Carapace Breadth: 15.3 mm ± 2.97 (sd), 95% range: 9.5–21.1 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Indo-West Pacific Realm: southern Somalia to South Africa; Madagascar; Mauritius; Réunion
Red markers indicate locations where this species is found according to the scientific record; blue markers represent false or mistaken observations from the scientific record; green markers represent “research grade” observations imported from iNaturalist.
Range map data derived from: Crane (1975); Icely & Jones (1978); Poupin (2010)
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
iNaturalist
NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank
GBIF

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References

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