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acuta

History

Species
Tubuca acuta
Original Usage
Gelasimus acutus
Original Source with Priority
Stimpson, W. (1858) Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum quæ in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Pars. V. Crustacea Ocypodoidea. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:93–110.
Derivation
Named after the extremely acute angles of the carapace at the tip of the antero-lateral margins.

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