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mordax

History

Species
Minuca mordax
Original Usage
Gelasimus mordax
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
Latin for “biting.”

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