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Uca coloradensis

Painted Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Gelasimus coloradensis
Rathbun, M.J. (1893) Descriptions of new genera and species of crabs from the west coast of North America and the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 16(933):223–260.

Information

Subgenus
Leptuca
Common Names
Painted Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms
Gelasimus coloradensis, Leptuca coloradensis, Uca (Celuca) [crenulata] crenulata coloradensis, Uca (Leptuca) coloradensis, Uca (Minuca) coloradensis, Uca coloradensis, Uca crenulata coloradensis
Geographic Range
Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California, Mexico (Bahia San Felipe to Guaymas)
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Map data derived from: Brusca (1980); Crane (1975); Garth & Abbott (1980); Green (1980)
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
iNaturalist
GBIF

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References

Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Boone (1930), Bott (1954), Bott (1973), Brusca (1973), Brusca (1980), Crane (1941), Crane (1943), Crane (1975), Garth (1960), Green (1980), Holmes (1900), Maccagno (1928), Mangum (1993), Oliveira (1939), Rathbun (1893), Rathbun (1900), Rathbun (1918), Rathbun (1935), von Hagen (1970)