Fiddler Crabs Home

lanigera

History

Primary Senior Synonym
Minuca ecuadoriensis
Original Usage
Uca lanigera
Original Source with Priority
von Hagen, H.-O. (1968) Studien an peruanischen Winkerkrabben (Uca). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 95(2):395–468.
Derivation
Latin for “woolly,” a reference to the pile on its carapace.

Locations Where the Name has Been Applied

Number of Uses of Name per Year

Notes/Comments

Uca lanigera von Hagen, 1968, is a junior synonym of Minuca ecuadoriensis (Maccagno, 1928).

Binomials Using this Specific Name