Fiddler Crabs Home

boninensis

History

Species
Paraleptuca boninensis
Original Usage
Uca boninensis
Original Source with Priority
Shih, H.-T., T. Komai, and M.-Y. Liu (2013) A new species of fiddler crab from the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands, Japan, separated from the widely-distributed sister species Uca (Paraleptuca) crassipes (White, 1847) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae). Zootaxa 3746(1):175–193.
Derivation
Named after the Bonin Islands (the old name for the Ogasawara Islands). Bonin is derived from the Japanese munin meaning “a place without residence.”

Locations Where the Name has Been Applied

Number of Uses of Name per Year

Binomials Using this Specific Name