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History
Species
Tubuca seismella
Original Usage
Uca (Australuca) seismella
Original Source with Priority
Crane, J. (1975)
Fiddler Crabs of the World: Ocypodidae: Genus Uca
. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Derivation
Named from the Greek noun for “earthquake” for the way its whole body shakes during its waving display.
Locations Where the Name has Been Applied
Number of Uses of Name per Year
Binomials Using this Specific Name
Australuca seismella
Tubuca (Australuca) seismella
Tubuca seismella
Uca (Australuca) seismella
Uca seismella
Uca siesmella