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Primary Senior Synonym
Uca insignis
Original Usage
Gelasimus armatus
Original Source with Priority
Smith, S.I. (1870) Notes on American Crustacea. No. 1. Ocypodoidea.
Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science
2:113–176.
Derivation
Latin for “armored.”
Locations Where the Name has Been Applied
Number of Uses of Name per Year
Notes/Comments
Gelasimus armatus
Smith, 1870, is a junior synonym of
Uca insignis
(Milne Edwards, 1852).
Binomials Using this Specific Name
Gelasimus armatus