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Gelasimus vocans

Calling Fiddler Crab

Type Description

Cancer vocans
Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturæ (10th edition), Volume I.

Information

Taxonomy
Subfamily GelasiminaeSupertribe GelasimitaeTribe GelasiminiGenus GelasimusSubgenus Gelasimus
Common Names
English: Calling Fiddler Crab
Japanese: ヒメシオマネキ
Synonyms, Alternate Spellings, & Name Forms (Chronology)
Cancer Vocans, Gelasima vocans, Gelasimus cultrimanus, Gelasimus cultrimanus var. marionis, Gelasimus Marionis, Gelasimus vocans, Gelasimus vocans var. cultrimanus, Gelasimus vocante, Gelasimus vocantis, Goneplax vocans, Gonoplax vocans, Ocypoda vocans, Ocypode vocans, Uca cullrimana, Uca cultrimana, Uca cultrimanus, Uca Marionis, Uca marionis forme cultrimana, Uca marionis marionis, Uca marionis subsp. cultrimana, Uca marionis var. vocans, Uca marionis-marionis, Uca narionis, Uca vocam, Uca vocans, Uca vocans forma vocans, Uca vocans vocans
Size
Medium Carapace Breadth: 17.7 mm ± 4.90 (sd), 95% range: 8.1–27.3 mm, (Data)
Geographic Range
Indo-West Pacific Realm: Hainan Island (China), Ryuku Islands (Japan); Philippines; central and western Indonesia; Borneo, Malay Peninsula, including Thailand and southern Myanmar
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: Barnes (2010); Crane (1975); Huang et al. (1989); Nakasone (1982); Nakasone et al. (1983); Shih et al. (2010); Shih et al. (2010)
External Links
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
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NCBI Taxonomy Browser/Genbank
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