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History
Primary Senior Synonym
Uca major
Original Usage
Ocypoda heterochelos
Original Source with Priority
Lamarck, J.-B.P.A.d. (1801)
Systême des Animaux Sans Vertèbres
. Paris: Deterville.
Derivation
Latin for “different claws”
Locations Where the Name has Been Applied
Number of Uses of Name per Year
Notes/Comments
Ocypoda heterochelos
Lamarck, 1802, is a junior synonym of
Uca major
(Herbst, 1782).
Binomials Using this Specific Name
Gelasimus heterocheles
Gelasimus heterochelos
Ocypoda heterochelos
Ocypode heterochelos
Uca heterochela
Uca heterochelos