West Indies

Includes Subareas

• Antilles
• Lucayan Archipelago

Currently Recognized Species

• Leptuca cumulanta
• Leptuca leptodactyla
• Leptuca pugilator
• Leptuca speciosa
• Leptuca spinicarpa
• Leptuca thayeri
• Minuca burgersi
• Minuca mordax
• Minuca panema
• Minuca rapax
• Minuca vocator
• Uca major
• Uca maracoani

Names Which Have Been Used for This Area

• Cancer Vocans
• Cancer major albidus
• Cancer palustris
• Cancer uca
• Cancer vocans minor
• Gelasimus Maracoani
• Gelasimus affinis
• Gelasimus forceps
• Gelasimus grangeri
• Gelasimus heterocheles
• Gelasimus palustris
• Gelasimus platydactylus
• Gelasimus pugnax
• Gelasimus rapax
• Gelasimus stenodactylus
• Gelasimus vocans
• Gelasimus vocator
• Gelasimus vocator var. minax
• Leptuca cumulanta
• Leptuca leptodactyla
• Leptuca speciosa
• Leptuca thayeri
• Minuca burgersi
• Minuca mordax
• Minuca pugnax
• Minuca rapax
• Minuca vocator
• Planuca thayeri
• Uca
• Uca burgersi
• Uca (Boboruca) thayeri thayeri
• Uca (Celuca) [crenulata] cumulanta
• Uca (Celuca) [crenulata] speciosa speciosa
• Uca (Celuca) [leptodactyla] leptodactyla
• Uca (Celuca) pugilator
• Uca (Leptuca) leptodactyla
• Uca (Leptuca) speciosa
• Uca (Leptuca) spinicarpa
• Uca (Minuca) [galapagensis] pugnax pugnax
• Uca (Minuca) [galapagensis] rapax rapax
• Uca (Minuca) [galapaguensis] rapax rapax
• Uca (Minuca) [minax] mordax
• Uca (Minuca) burgersi
• Uca (Minuca) cumulanta
• Uca (Minuca) leptodactyla
• Uca (Minuca) mordax
• Uca (Minuca) pugnax
• Uca (Minuca) rapax
• Uca (Minuca) thayeri
• Uca (Minuca) thayeri thayeri
• Uca (Minuca) trayeri
• Uca (Minuca) vocator
• Uca (Minuca) vocator vocator
• Uca (Uca) [major] major
• Uca (Uca) major
• Uca (Uca) maracoani
• Uca (Uca) maracoani maracoani
• Uca affinis
• Uca bergersi
• Uca bergersii
• Uca brevifrons
• Uca burgersi
• Uca cordata
• Uca crenulata
• Uca cumulanta
• Uca heterochela
• Uca heterochelos
• Uca laevis
• Uca lavis
• Uca leptodactyla
• Uca leptostyla
• Uca longisignalis
• Uca major
• Uca maracoani
• Uca minax
• Uca mordax
• Uca pilosipes
• Uca platydactyla
• Uca princeps
• Uca pugilator
• Uca pugnax
• Uca pugnax rapax
• Uca rapax
• Uca rapax rapax
• Uca ripax
• Uca sp.
• Uca sp. nov.
• Uca speciosa
• Uca spinicarpa
• Uca spp.
• Uca stenodactyla
• Uca thayeri
• Uca una
• Uca vocator
• Uca vocator var. minax

Specific Names Which Have Been Used for This Area

• affinis
• brevifrons
• burgersi
• cordata
• crenulata
• cumulanta
• forceps
• grangeri
• heterochela
• laevis
• leptodactyla
• leptostyla
• longisignalis
• major
• maracoani
• minax
• minor
• mordax
• palustris
• pilosipes
• platydactyla
• princeps
• pugilator
• pugnax
• rapax
• speciosa
• spinicarpa
• stenodactylus
• thayeri
• uca
• una
• vocans
• vocator

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