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Gelasimus vocans
De Kay (1844)
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This drawing is from
De Kay (1844)
. He called this species
Gelasimus vocans.
It is almost certainly
Leptuca pugilator
. A second figure of a "Variety A" is probably
Minuca pugnax
. Note that the major claw is drawn backwards (i.e., it is a right major claw on a left-handed crab). This figure was probably based on a collected specimen missing the major cheliped and the one they replaced it with for the drawing was a right (and not a left) major cheliped.