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Uca marionis var. vomeris
McNeill (1920)
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This drawing is from
McNeill (1920)
. It is part of the image accompanying the type description of
Gelasimus vomeris
. McNeill was trying to illustrate variation in the major claw of the
vomeris
variety (#3-6) and the "typical" variety (#10-11, which he called
Uca marionis
, but we now call
Gelasimus vocans
). He labeled claws #7-9 as intermediate between the two varieties. In fact, we now know that most of the illustrated variation (particularly in the "intermediates") is due to regenerated vs. non-regenerated claws, and, based on sampling locations, all of these are from
Gelasimus vomeris
, except for claw #11 which is from the species
Gelasimus excisa
.