Type Description

Species: Gelasimus crassipes

• Adams, A., and A. White. 1848. Crustacea. Pp. 1-66 in The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. “Samarang”; under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, during the years 1843-1846, A. Adams, ed., Volume 8. London: Reeve, Benham, & Reeve.

Information

Subgenus: Paraleptuca
Synonyms/Alternate Spelling: Gelasimus gaimardi, Gelasimus splendidus, Gelasimus pulchellus, Gelasimus latrellei, Uca novaeguineae, Uca novæguineæ
Possibly sister species to Uca chlorophthalmus
Geographic Range (Map): Western Pacific - China, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Papa New Guinea, Melanesia, Micronesia

Pictures

These photos were taken from Hsi-Te Shih's website.

This photo is from a Japanese website.

These photos are from Wetlands Taiwan.

These photos are from a Japanese website.

This photo is from Hong Kong Wetland EcoTour.

These photos are from the Database of Crustacea from French Polynesia.

These were provided by Peter Endres. They were taken on Aitutaki of the Cook Islands. Our best guess is that they are Uca crassipes.

These pictures were provided by Chris Lukhaup.

These pictures are from the America Samoa and were provided by Francesca Riolo.

This picture was taken on Sulawesi, Indonesia, by Paddy Ryan and can be found at his website.

Video

No video available at this time.

References

Adams and White (1948); Balss (1922 = U. latrellei); Bott (1973 = U. gaimardi); Brocchi (1875 = G. latrellei); Cano (1889 = G. crassipes & G. chlorophthalmus); Crane (1957 = U. gaimardi, 1975); Dai and Yang (1991); de Man (1891, 1902 = G. gaimardi & G. chlorophthalmus); deRivera and Vehrencamp (2001); Doflein (1899 = U. gaimardi); Estampador (1937, 1959 = G. latrellei); Forest and Guinot (1961, 1962 = U. gaimardi); Gee (1925 = U. splendidus); George and Jones (1982); Gordon (1931 = U. gaimardi); von Hagen (1970); von Hagen and Jones (1989); Heller (1865 = G. gaimardi); Henmi (2003); Ho et al. (1993); Huang et al. (1989); Ikeda et al. (2004); Jimenez and Bennett (2005); Jones and Morton (1994); Kingsley (1880 = G. gaimardi, G. crassipes, G. splendidus, & G. latrellei, G. chlorophthalmus); Levinton et al. (1996); Lin (1949 = G. gaimardi); Maccagno (1928 = U. gaimardi); Milne Edwards (1852 = G. gaimardi & G. latrellei); Milne-Edwards (1873 = G. latrellei); Miyake (1938, 1939 = U. gaimardi & U. novaeguineae); Morton and Morton (1983, 1994 = U. chlorophthalmus); Murai et al. (1995); Nobili (1899, 1907 = U. gaimardi & U. chlorophthalmus); Ortmann (1894, 1897 = G. latrellei, U. gaimardi); Parisi (1918 = U. pulchella); Pearse (1912 = U. gaimardi); Pesta (1911 = U. gaimardi); Rathbun (1907 = U. gaimardi, 1913 = U. novæguineæ); Rosenberg (2000, 2001, 2002); Saigusa et al. (2003); Sakai (1939, 1940 = G. gaimardi & G. latrellei); Sendler (1923 = U. gaimardi); Shen (1940 = G. gaimardi); Shih (1994, 2000); Shih et al. (1999, 2005); Stimpson (1858, 1907 = G. splendidus & G. pulchellus); Sturmbauer et al. (1996); Takeda (2006); Tesch (1918 = U. gaimardi); Thallwitz (1892 = G. gaimardi); Tweedie (1950 = U. gaimardi); White (1847, 1848); Yamaguchi (2001); Yasuda (1996)