Type Description

Species: Gelasimus styliferus

• Milne Edwards, H. 1852. Observations sur les affinités zoologiques et la classification naturelle des crustacés. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Zoologie. Série 3 18:109-166.

Information

Subgenus: Uca
Synonyms/Alternate Spelling: Gelasimus heterophthalmus
Geographic Range (Map): Eastern Pacific - El Salvador to Northern Peru

Pictures

The dark crab (partially visible behind the male in the foreground) is a female. Note the striking color contrast between the males and females.

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

Video

	352 x 240 2.28 MB 19 sec. MPEG-1	Female Uca stylifera feeding (various Uca beebei in fore- and background) Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 3, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
	352 x 240 3.4 MB 29 sec. MPEG-1	Uca stylifera male waving Rodman Naval Base, Panama (November 16, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
	352 x 240 4.75 MB 40 sec. MPEG-1	Uca stylifera male waving Rodman Naval Base, Panama (September 19, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
	352 x 240 4.73 MB 40 sec. MPEG-1	Uca stylifera males fighting Rodman Naval Base, Panama (November 16, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
	352 x 240 17.5 MB 2:27 MPEG-1	Uca stylifera males waving and fighting Rodman Naval Base, Panama (November 16, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
	352 x 240 12.1 MB 1:42 MPEG-1	Uca stylifera surface mating Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 7, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg
	352 x 240 14.6 MB 2:03 MPEG-1	Uca stylifera surface mating Rodman Naval Base, Panama (October 7, 1997) © 2003 by Michael S. Rosenberg

References

Altevogt (1969, 1972); Bott (1954, 1973); Crane (1941, 1944, 1957, 1975); deRivera and Vehrencamp (2001); Guinot (1979); von Hagen (1962, 1968, 1970); Holthuis (1954); Kingsley (1880 = G. stylifera & G. heterophthalmus); Levinton et al. (1996); Lockington (1877 = G. heterophthalmus); Milne Edwards (1836 = G. platydactyle, 1852); Pesta (1931); Ortmann (1897); Peters (1955); von Prahl (1981, 1982); von Prahl and Toro (1985); Rathbun (1911, 1918); Rosenberg (2000, 2001, 2002); Salmon et al. (1978); Smith (1870 = G. stylifera & G. heterophthalmus, 1871); Sturmbauer et al. (1996); Yamaguchi (2001 x 2); Zeil et al. (1986)