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amazonensis

History

Primary Senior Synonym
Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus
Original Usage
Uca amazonensis
Original Source with Priority
Doflein, F. (1899) Amerikanische Dekapoden der k. bayerischen Staatssammlungen. Sitzungsberichte der Königlichen Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 29:177–195.
Derivation
Named after the Amazon, where the specimens were supposedly collected, although evidence suggests a labeling error since the species is actually only found in the western part of the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean and not not in the Americas.

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Notes/Comments

Uca amazonensis Doflein, 1899, is a junior synonym of Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus (Milne Edwards, 1837).

Binomials Using this Specific Name