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Gelasimus excisa

Eastern Calling Fiddler Crab

Gelasimus excisa

Type Description

Uca Marionis var. excisa
Nobili, G. (1906) Faune carcinologique de la Mer Rouge. Décapodes et Stomatopodes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Zoologie (Série 9) 4:1–347.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe GelasiminiGenus GelasimusSubgenus Gelasimus
Common Names
English: Eastern Calling Fiddler Crab, Melanesian Fiddler Crab, Pacific Calling Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Gelasimus excisa, Gelasimus neocultrimana, Uca marionis excisa, Uca marionis excise, Uca marionis forme excisa, Uca marionis subsp. excisa, Uca Marionis var. excisa, Uca neocultrimana, Uca vocans forma excisa, Uca vocans pacificensis, Uca vocans var. excisa
Size
Medium Carapace Breadth: 17.9 mm ± 3.47 (sd), 95% range: 11.1–24.7 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Indo-West Pacific Realm: Fiji, Wallis, Samoa
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: Poupin & Juncker (2010); Shih et al. (2010)
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
iNaturalist
NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank
GBIF

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References

Alcock (1900), Altevogt & Davis (1979), Balss (1938), Barnard (1950), Barnwell (1982), Barnwell (1984), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Borradaile (1900), Bott (1973), Bouchard (2009), Bouchard et al. (2013), Chertoprud et al. (2012), Crane (1957), Crane (1975), Crosnier (1965), Dana (1851), Dana (1852), De Man (1891), De Man (1902), Doflein (1899), Estampador (1937), Estampador (1959), Fransen et al. (1997), Hilgendorf (1869), Juarrero de Varona & Ortiz (2003), Kingsley (1880), Lanchester (1900), Maccagno (1928), McNeill (1920), Miers (1886), Milne Edwards (1852), Milne Edwards (1854), Milne-Edwards (1873), Ng & Davie (2002), Ng et al. (2008), Nobili (1903), Nobili (1906), Nobili (1907), Ortmann (1894), Ortmann (1897), Peer et al. (2014), Pesta (1911), Pesta (1913), Poupin (2010), Poupin & Juncker (2008), Poupin & Juncker (2010), Richters (1880), Rodgers & Cantrell (1988), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2013), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Sakai (1939), Serène (1973), Serène (1973), Shih et al. (2013), Shih et al. (2010), Shih et al. (2016), Shih et al. (2010), Shih & Poupin (2020), Shih et al. (2022), Stebbing (1921), Stimpson (1858), Stimpson (1907), Thallwitz (1891), Thompson (1901), Weis & Weis (2013), Yamaguchi & Takeda (1973), Yoshigou (2001)