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heterophthalmus

History

Primary Senior Synonym
Uca stylifera
Original Usage
Gelasimus heterophthalmus
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
unknown

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Notes/Comments

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

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