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pugnax

History

Species
Minuca pugnax
Original Usage
Gelasimus pugnax
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
The name derives from the Latin word for “quarrelsome”

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