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Uca maracoani

Brazilian Fiddler Crab

Uca maracoani

Type Description

Ocypode maracoani
Latreille, P.A. (1802–1803) Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes: ouvrage faisant suite aux oeuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du cours complet d'histoire naturelle rédigé par C. S. Sonnini, Volume VI. Paris.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily UcinaeSupertribe UcitaeTribe UciniGenus UcaSubgenus Acanthoplax
Common Names
Dutch: Duivelskrab
English: Brazilian Fiddler Crab
Portuguese: Navalha, Tesoureiro, mão-no-ôlho
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Gelasima Maracoani, Gelasimus Maracoani, Gelasimus moracoani, Goneplax maracoani, Gonoplax maracoani, Ocypode maracoani, Uca maracoani, Uca maracoani maracoani, Uca maraconai, Uça maracoani, Uça maraevani
Size
Large Carapace Breadth: 15.3 mm ± 8.86 (sd), 95% range: 0.0–32.6 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Western Atlantic Realm: Venezuela to Brazil
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: Thurman et al. (2013)
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
iNaturalist
NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank
GBIF

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References

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