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Minuca pugnax

Atlantic Mud Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Gelasimus pugnax
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 GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe MinuciniGenus Minuca
Common Names
English: Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab, Atlantic Mud Fiddler Crab
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Gelasimus pugnax, Minuca pugnax, Ocypoda pusilla, Uca (Minuca) [galapagensis] pugnax pugnax, Uca (Minuca) pugnax, Uca pugnas, Uca pugnax, Uca pugnax pugnax, Uca puynax
Size
Small Carapace Breadth: 11.9 mm ± 3.71 (sd), 95% range: 4.7–19.2 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Western Atlantic Realm: USA (New Hampshire to eastern Florida)
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: Hopkins & Thurman (2010); Johnson (2014)
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
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NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank
GBIF

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