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Holthuis, L.B. (1959) The crustacea Decapoda of Suriname (Dutch Guiana). Zoologische Verhandelingen 44(2):1–296.

Language: English

Names Appearing in this Publication

Name Used Common Name(s) Where Applied to... Accepted Name Source of Accepted Note(s)
Uca odi odi botoman; wekkrab; soldaatje text p. 48   “fiddler crabs” MSR common name in Surinam, means “bye, bye, man in the boat”; Dutch is “signalling crab”
 
Uca (Minuca) cumulanta   text p. 274-275; figure 68; plate 14: figure 3; plate 15: figure 4 citation: Crane (1943) → Uca cumulanta Leptuca cumulanta Computed  
      specimen: Suriname Leptuca cumulanta Original  
 
Uca (Minuca) mordax   text p. 44, 262-266, 268, 273-274; figure 64; plate 14: figure 2; plate 15: figure 2 citation: Crane (1943) → Uca mordax Minuca mordax Computed  
      citation: Crane (1943) → Uca mordax Minuca mordax Computed in part
      citation: Smith (1870) → Gelasimus mordax Minuca mordax Computed  
      specimen: Suriname Minuca mordax Original  
 
Uca (Minuca) rapax   text p. 12, 44, 265-269, 273-274, 276-277; figures 64-65; plate 14: figures 4-6; plate 15: figure 3 citation: Crane (1943) → Uca pugnax rapax Minuca rapax Computed  
      citation: De Geer (1778) → Cancer vocans Gelasimus vocans Computed in part
      citation: Graham (1955) TBD Computed Graham1955, p. 34, plate 4: figure 7 (mud crab)
      citation: Rathbun (1918) → Uca pugnax rapax Minuca rapax Computed in part
      location: Curaçao TBD    
      specimen: Suriname Minuca rapax Original  
 
Uca (Minuca) thayeri   text p. 275-277; figure 68; plate 16 citation: Rathbun (1918) → Uca thayeri Leptuca thayeri Computed  
      location: Curaçao Leptuca thayeri Original  
      specimen: Suriname Leptuca thayeri Original  
 
Uca (Minuca) vocator   text p. 16, 44, 266, 269-274, 276; figure 66-67; palte 14: figure 1; plate 15: figure 1 citation: Crane (1943) → Uca murifecenta Minuca vocator Computed  
      citation: Herbst (1804) → Cancer vocator Minuca vocator Computed  
      citation: Thompson (1901) → Gelasimus vocator ? Computed Holthuis states it is impossible to know which species Thompson (1901) was referring to.
      specimen: Suriname Minuca vocator Original  
 
Uca (Uca) maracoani duivelskrab text p. 21, 44, 237, 260-262; plate 13 citation: Graham1955, p. 33, plate 4: figure 4 ("Uca pugnax") TBD Computed  
      citation: Rathbun (1918) → Uca maracoani Uca maracoani Computed in part
      specimen: Suriname Uca maracoani Original common name in Dutch Suriname, means's “devil's crab”
 
Uca affinis   text p. 265-266 citation: Rathbun (1918) → Uca mordax Minuca burgersi Computed in part
      location: Antilles Minuca burgersi Crane (1975)  
 
Uca major   text p. 277 location: Curaçao TBD    
 
Uca pugilator   text p. 269 citation: Morgan (1920) → Uca pugilator Leptuca pugilator Computed  
 
Uca pugnax   text p. 269 citation: Smith (1870) → Gelasimus palustris Minuca pugnax Computed  
 
Uca speciosa   text p. 277 location: Curaçao TBD    

This Publication is Cited By

Abele & Kim (1986), Benetti & Negreiros-Fransozo (2003), Chace & Hobbs (1969), Coelho & Ramos (1972), Crane (1975), Holthuis (1967), Jones (1968), Juarrero de Varona & Ortiz (2003), Manning & Holthuis (1981), Mulstay (1987), Powers (1977), Ramos-Porto et al. (1978), Swennen et al. (1982), Thurman (1979), Vale et al. (2015), Zou & Fingerman (2000), von Hagen (1968), von Hagen (1969), von Hagen (1970), von Hagen (1970), von Hagen (1970), von Hagen (1970), von Hagen (1980)