Type Description

Species: Uca oerstedi

Information

Subgenus: Leptuca
Geographic Range (Map): Eastern Pacific - El Salvador to Panama

Pictures

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Uca batuenta, Uca inaequalis, Uca saltitanta, & Uca oerstedi

The above photo includes fours species. On the far left, seen from behind, is U. batuenta. To it's right, seen mostly from the side is U. inaequalis. The large crab on the right is U. oerstedi. The smaller crab with the white claw, just to the left and behind him is U. saltitanta.

Photos by M. S. Rosenberg, fall of 1997, Rodman N.B., Panama City, Panama.

Video

U_oerstedi1.mpg 352 x 240
28.2 MB
3:57
MPEG-1 		Uca oerstedi male waving
Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 3, 1997)
© 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
U_oerstedi2.mpg 352 x 240
5.75 MB
0:48
MPEG-1 		Uca oerstedi male waving (surrounded by miscellaneous other species)
Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 31, 1997)
© 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg

References

Abele and Kim (1989); Bott (1954, 1973); Crane (1941, 1943, 1944, 1975); Morgan and Christy (1995, 1997); Neiman and Barnwell (1997); Rathbun (1904, 1918); Rosenberg (2000, 2001, 2002); Shih (1999); Thurman (2004); Yamaguchi (2001 x 2)

Last Altered November 18, 2005
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