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armatus

History

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.”

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Notes/Comments

Gelasimus armatus Smith, 1870, is a junior synonym of Uca insignis (Milne Edwards, 1852).

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