Atlantic coast of South America

Includes Subareas

• The Guianas
• Argentina
• Brazil
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Suriname
• Uruguay
• Venezuela
• Atlantic coast of Colombia
• San Andres

Currently Recognized Species

• Leptuca cumulanta
• Leptuca leptodactyla
• Leptuca thayeri
• Leptuca uruguayensis
• Minuca burgersi
• Minuca mordax
• Minuca panema
• Minuca rapax
• Minuca victoriana
• Minuca vocator
• Uca major
• Uca maracoani

Names Which Have Been Used for This Area

• Cancer Cordatus
• Cancer Vocans
• Cancer palustris
• Cancer uca
• Cancer uka
• Cancer vocans major
• Cancer vocans minor
• Ciecie Ete
• Ciecie Panema
• Gelasima Maracoani
• Gelasima nitida
• Gelasimus
• Gelasimus Maracoani
• Gelasimus amazonensis
• Gelasimus armatus
• Gelasimus cunninghami
• Gelasimus heterocheles
• Gelasimus minax
• Gelasimus moracoani
• Gelasimus mordax
• Gelasimus palustris
• Gelasimus platydactylus
• Gelasimus pugilator
• Gelasimus sp.
• Gelasimus stenodactylus
• Gelasimus styliferus
• Gelasimus vocans
• Gelasimus vocator
• Goneplax maracoani
• Gonoplax maracoani
• Gonoplax vocans
• Leptuca cumulanta
• Leptuca leptodactyla
• Leptuca thayeri
• Leptuca uruguayensis
• Maracoani
• Minuca burgersi
• Minuca mordax
• Minuca murifecenta
• Minuca rapax
• Minuca victoriana
• Minuca vocator
• Ocypoda heterochelos
• Ocypoda pugilator
• Ocypode heterochelos
• Ocypode maracoani
• Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus
• Planuca thayeri
• Planuca uruguayensis
• Uca
• Uca (Acantoplax) antiqua
• Uca (Amphiuca) chlorophthalmus chlorophthalmus
• Uca (Boboruca) Thayeri
• Uca (Boboruca) thayeri thayeri
• Uca (Celuca) [crenulata] cumulanta
• Uca (Celuca) [crenulata] uruguayensis
• Uca (Celuca) [leptodactyla] leptodactyla
• Uca (Celuca) uruguayensis
• Uca (Gelasimus)
• Uca (Gelasimus) moracoani
• Uca (Leptuca) burgersi
• Uca (Leptuca) cumulanta
• Uca (Leptuca) leptodactyla
• Uca (Leptuca) spinicarpa
• Uca (Leptuca) uruguayensis
• Uca (Minuca) [galapagensis] rapax rapax
• Uca (Minuca) [minax] mordax
• Uca (Minuca) brasiliensis
• Uca (Minuca) burgersi
• Uca (Minuca) cumulanta
• Uca (Minuca) leptodactyla
• Uca (Minuca) mordax
• Uca (Minuca) olympioi
• Uca (Minuca) rapax
• Uca (Minuca) salsisitus
• Uca (Minuca) thayeri
• Uca (Minuca) thayeri thayeri
• Uca (Minuca) trayeri
• Uca (Minuca) uruguayensis
• Uca (Minuca) victoriana
• Uca (Minuca) vocator
• Uca (Minuca) vocator vocator
• Uca (Paraleptuca) chlorophthalmus
• Uca (Uca) [major] major
• Uca (Uca) antiqua
• Uca (Uca) insignis
• Uca (Uca) major
• Uca (Uca) maracoani
• Uca (Uca) maracoani antiqua
• Uca (Uca) maracoani maracoani
• Uca (Uca) tangeri
• Uca Cunninghami
• Uca affinis
• Uca amazonensis
• Uca antiqua
• Uca burgers
• Uca burgersi
• Uca cordata
• Uca cumulanta
• Uca cumulenta
• Uca gibbosa
• Uca heterochelos
• Uca inaciobritoi
• Uca laevis
• Uca leptodactyla
• Uca longisignalis
• Uca major
• Uca maracoani
• Uca maracoani antiqua
• Uca maracoani maracoani
• Uca minax
• Uca mordax
• Uca murifecenta
• Uca murificenta
• Uca olympioi
• Uca panema
• Uca platydactyla
• Uca pugilator
• Uca pugnax
• Uca pugnax brasiliensis
• Uca pugnax rapax
• Uca pugnax var. brasiliensis
• Uca rapax
• Uca rapax rapax
• Uca salsisitus
• Uca sp.
• Uca sp. nov.
• Uca spinicarpa
• Uca spp.
• Uca stenodactyla
• Uca stenodactyla var. gibbosa
• Uca tangeri
• Uca thayeri
• Uca trayeri
• Uca una
• Uca uruguayensis
• Uca victoriana
• Uca vocator
• Uca vodator
• Uka una
• Uça maracoani
• Uça maraevani
• Uça una
• Uça uruguayensis
• Uça vocator

Specific Names Which Have Been Used for This Area

• affinis
• amazonensis
• antiqua
• armatus
• brasiliensis
• burgersi
• chlorophthalmus
• cordata
• cumulanta
• cunninghami
• gibbosa
• heterochela
• inaciobritoi
• insignis
• laevis
• leptodactyla
• longisignalis
• major
• maracoani
• minax
• minor
• mordax
• murifecenta
• nitida
• olympioi
• palustris
• platydactyla
• pugilator
• pugnax
• rapax
• salsisitus
• spinicarpa
• stenodactylus
• stylifera
• tangeri
• thayeri
• uca
• una
• uruguayensis
• victoriana
• vocans
• vocator

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