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Minuca mordax

Biting Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Gelasimus mordax
Smith, S.I. (1870) Notes on American Crustacea. No. 1. Ocypodoidea. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science 2:113–176.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily Gelasiminae → Supertribe Gelasimitae → Tribe Minucini → Genus Minuca
Common Names
English: Biting Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Gelasimus mordax, Minuca mordax, Uca mordax
Size
Large Carapace Breadth: 19.8 mm ± 5.54 (sd), 95% range: 8.9–30.7 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Western Atlantic Realm: Belize to Brazil
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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
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NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank
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References

Albrecht & von Hagen (1981), Almeida & Coelho (2008), Altevogt (1969), Amouroux & Tavares (2005), Andersen et al. (1990), Aschenbroich et al. (2016), Balss (1922), Barnwell (1963), Barnwell (1966), Barnwell (1968), Barros & Pimentel (2001), Beinlich & von Hagen (2006), Benedict (1892), Boone (1929), Bott (1954), Bott (1973), Buitendijk (1950), Burggren & McMahon (1988), Castiglioni et al. (2010), Chace & Hobbs (1969), Coelho (1963/1964), Coelho (1967), Coelho (1994/1995), Coelho et al. (2008), Coelho & Coelho-Filho (1993), Coelho & Ramos (1972), Coelho & Ramos-Porto (1980), Conde & Díaz (1985), Crane (1941), Crane (1943), Crane (1943), Crane (1943), Crane (1944), Crane (1957), Crane (1966), Crane (1975), Fausto-Filho (1978), Fimpel (1975), Finol & Croghan (1983), Fontaine & Barnwell (1988), Gerlach (1958), Guinot (1979), Holthuis (1959), Holthuis (1967), Jones (1968), Juarrero de Varona & Ortiz (2003), Kingsley (1880), Landstorfer & Schubart (2010), Low & Ng (2012), Lucu (1990), Maccagno (1928), Manning & Holthuis (1981), Masunari et al. (2020), Nabout et al. (2010), Ng et al. (2008), Oliveira (1939), Ortmann (1897), Pachelle et al. (2016), Palmer (1973), Pearse (1916), Powers (1977), Prieto et al. (2004), Rathbun (1897), Rathbun (1900), Rathbun (1900), Rathbun (1902), Rathbun (1918), Rathbun (1933), Rosenberg (2000), Rosenberg (2001), Rosenberg (2002), Rosenberg (2019), Rosenberg (2020), Salmon (1967), Salmon & Zucker (1988), Shih et al. (2016), Smith (1869), Smith (1870), Streets (1872), Thurman (1979), Thurman et al. (2007), van Delft (1968), Vanhöffen (1916), Vélez (1967), von Hagen (1967), von Hagen (1968), von Hagen (1970), von Hagen (1970), von Hagen (1970), von Hagen (1975), von Hagen (1976), von Hagen (1980), von Hagen (1987), Young (1900)