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History
Species
Gelasimus hesperiae
Original Usage
Uca (Thalassuca) vocans hesperiae
Original Source with Priority
Crane, J. (1975)
Fiddler Crabs of the World: Ocypodidae: Genus Uca
. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Derivation
Named for its western distribution, after the Greek adjective for “evening” and “the west.”
Locations Where the Name has Been Applied
Number of Uses of Name per Year
Binomials Using this Specific Name
Gelasimus (Gelasimus) hesperiae
Gelasimus hesperiae
Thalassuca vocans hesperiae
Uca (Gelasimus) hesperiae
Uca (Thalassuca) vocans hesperiae
Uca hesperiae
Uca vocans hesperiae
Uca vocans hesperiae